Antique Chrome-plated metal coffin handle
Winged hourglass motif
Art Deco period – 1925–1935
Some signs of oxidation on the handles
Brand new from the period; it has never been installed
Antique chromed-plated metal coffin handle
Featuring a winged hourglass motif.
This piece is from the height of the Art Deco period, featuring an Egyptian-inspired touch—a trend that emerged in Europe following the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.
The stepped structure on the lower section evokes the skyscraper style, which was even found in lamps of the era and is typical of Art Deco. This must be a transitional model.
The hourglass evokes the inexorable passage of time, with each grain of sand representing a day of our lives.
The hourglass is depicted with the wings of a dove or an angel—both messengers of God—as if the instrument for measuring time were, upon death, the soul that the dove or angel will carry to heaven.
With its reversible design, the hourglass evokes the possibility of new life or true life when turned over to restart a cycle.
Would be perfect as a handle on a piece of furniture!
Brand new from the period, it has never been used.
In the past, coffin handles could also be purchased at hardware stores; these are often unsold stock from the era that has been rediscovered, as is the case here.
Size: 19x8.5cm
Some traces of oxidation on the handle itself
You buy 1 handle
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
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
Elegant Art Nouveau glass vase and bronze candlestick
Made of cast bronze with a patina finish, decorated with naturalistic plant motifs and hand-finished with a file.
Art Nouveau decorative object combining patinated bronze and orange glass in a fluid, asymmetrical plant motif characteristic of the late 19th century.
Circa 1895–1905
Antique brown glass bottle
Huile camphrée
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Antique twisted glass for Absinthe
Ref A
The twists on the glass are used to measure out the absinthe liquor and then pour the water over the sugar on the absinthe spoon on the glass to soften the bitterness of the drink.
Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball
This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.
The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box
Unavailable today
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Puldose Nasal Spray for aqueous solutions - Antique remedy
In its Plastic box
Used in otolaryngology, it was intended for nasal or oral sprays in the treatment of colds and antiseptic treatment of the respiratory tract.
1937 Codex – French Pharmacopoeia
6th Edition – Decree of 21 February 1937
Volume I only
Gaiacolated Tincture of Iodine
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Antique glass eye
Real antique eye prosthesis
Antique papier-mâché doll’s head on a base
Originally designed as a toy component, it has been reimagined here as a true cabinet piece in the style of a memento mori.
The interior lining features Spanish newspapers from the 1980s.
Height: 18cm
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Essence of star anise
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Antique Chrome-plated metal coffin handle
Winged hourglass motif
Art Deco period – 1925–1935
Some signs of oxidation on the handles
Brand new from the period; it has never been installed
