Souvenir of Montmartre 1900 – Sacré-Cœur
Glass and brass reliquary box
Jewellery box
A chance find at a flea market allowed us to bring this jewellery box back from Ardèche (south of France), more than a century later, it returns to where it all began.
Souvenir of Montmartre 1900 – Sacré-Cœur
Glass and brass reliquary box
An elegant jewellery box featuring a panoramic view of the Sacré-Cœur and the Monumental Staircase beneath glass on the lid, a chromolithograph in the typical colours of the Belle Époque.
Underneath the box is the original label, a genuine certificate of authenticity:
‘To Jeanne d'Arc – 5, Rue Saint-Éleuthère – At the Rotonde de Montmartre’
The shop was located in the Pavillon de la Rotonde, a prestigious building constructed for the 1900 World’s Fair. Situated at the summit of the Butte, this pavilion was a must-see for visitors exploring the basilica. Former telephone number ‘NORD 45-34’.
The original shop label is a real bonus, as they have mostly disappeared.
Period: Belle Époque (circa 1900)
Materials: Glass and gilded brass, padded silk – The cushion is torn, see photos.
Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 cm Height: 7 cm
A chance find at a flea market allowed us to bring this jewellery box back from Ardèche (south of France), more than a century later, it returns to where it all began.
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Glycérine pure officinale
Pure pharmaceutical-grade glycerine
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Antique pharmacy jar: Sodium bicarbonate and Gold Flower tablets
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
Man and Woman
Anatomy booklet with removable boards
Around 1930's
Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings
by BOITARD - Book of 1853
5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Naturalized
Chiloscyllium punctatum
Unprotected species - Old taxidermy: visible suture under the belly and on the left side near the mouth
Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris
Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank
Théâtre à la maison (Theatre at home) by B. Vadier
Circa 1880
Splendid publisher’s binding with cardboard plates from the Hetzel Collection
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Botanical Plank - English Botany
Published in 1804
Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration
Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Cremor tartari sol - Cream of tartar
Potassium bitartrate
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century
Human jaws in porcelain mounted on a blackened wooden base
Anatomical dental model for dentists
19th century
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
Reseptine
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Souvenir of Montmartre 1900 – Sacré-Cœur
Glass and brass reliquary box
Jewellery box
A chance find at a flea market allowed us to bring this jewellery box back from Ardèche (south of France), more than a century later, it returns to where it all began.
