Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé condensed milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists to prepare their prescriptions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
At the time, Nestlé milk was considered a prescription product, far from the grocery store shelves and therefore sold in pharmacies.
The box lay dormant in the darkness of the pharmacy's cellars, preserving its stenciled inscriptions from the sun's rays.
The famous nest logo and the words ‘La Santé de l'Enfant’ (Children's Health) are a reminder of the crucial role played by pharmacies in the fight against infant mortality. The patina has been left untreated, ‘in its original state’: see photos.
Period: Circa 1910–1930 – Late Belle Époque or early Roaring Twenties. The thick black lettering is characteristic of Nestlé's early major medical advertising campaigns.
Dimensions: 48.5x33cm Height: 17.5cm Weight: 3Kg
The box is period with signs of wear, drips, stains, etc. The bottom shelf is loose. See photos
Stenciled inscriptions
Plate - 19th century colour engraving from Natural History
By Morris, circa 1870 - A History of British Birds
Birds Eggs - In colour
Phénol Aqueux
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON
EMPTY
1937 Codex – French Pharmacopoeia
6th Edition – Decree of 21 February 1937
Volume I only
Napoleon III box in black lacquered wood and marquetry
Napoleon III period Circa 1860–1880
Black veneer highlighted with precious wood marquetry inlays and brass strips. Beautiful central cartouche monogrammed E.R. It must have been an old game box for storing tokens.
NO KEY - SOLD EMPTY
Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century
Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870
Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection
Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.
Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.
Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm
Please note: crack in the wood under the case
A beautiful object, very rare to find
The Apothecary’s Little Drawer
Small antique wooden apothecary’s drawer that can be used as a storage box – Trade drawer
Handcrafted using traditional methods, with dovetail joints and a turned wooden handle
Width: 26cm - Length: 15.5cm - Height: 5.5cm
All the drawers are different, with stains and varying signs of age on each one
Sold empty, without accessories
Reliquary box - 19th century
Jewelry box
Crushed cola nuts
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Antique hypodermic Pravaz syringe with ear cups - 19th century
Syringe in it's case
The small difference is that here it is the model with earbuds for a better grip during injection.
not functional
Myrrh
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Mercury Chalk – Treatment for Syphilis
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Handwritten label, pen inscription ‘Mercurial Chalk’, neat calligraphy with its thick and thin strokes.
Bottom band ‘TO BE SEPARATED’, instructing the pharmacist to store it in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous poison cabinet.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Period: Judging by the handwriting, late 19th century
EMPTY
Rue Powder
Rue was an abortive plant
Antique pharmacy bottle - Poison - Toxic
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Antique pharmacy jar
Liquid Peptone
Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.
Gaïacol liquide
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous in high doses
EMPTY
Gelatine
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There is still some product left inside
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
