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
Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref B
Apothecary - Pharmacy
The pipettes have either been broken or shortened because they are too short
Botany plate by Édouard-Adolphe Duchesne
From the Atlas du Répertoire des plantes utiles et des plantes du globe published in 1846
19th-century color lithograph
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique sodium chloride infusion bulb
500cm3
in its original box - Still full
Essence of star anise
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Aqua Calris - Hot water
Antique pharmacy jar
Apothecary
Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
Black lacquered boiled cardboard sewing box with Japanese-inspired decoration circa 1860-1880
From the Société Française des Cotons à Coudre
19th century - Napoleon III era - Japonism period
Flaw: traces of ancient adhesive residue as seen in the photos
Central Pharmacy of the Civil Hospitals of Paris
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century
Antique brown glass bottle
Huile camphrée
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Brücke achromatic magnifying glass with engraved linear reticle
Portable scientific instrument — 19th century
Used in ophthalmology, surgery, dissection, histology, botany and mineralogy.
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Caffeine (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Septichrome
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Acide Chlorhydrique
Antique pharmacy bottle
Handwritten text on a label from the Berthier Pharmacy, located at the Rotonde Marceau in Paris. The label shows the telephone number 02-76 with the Wagram area code, which dates the bottle to between 1912—when area codes were first introduced—and the 1930s or 1940s.
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
