Tripod Torch Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass

This style, known as ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical animals and medieval imagery into the decorative arts. 

19th century

Sold without candle

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

"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge 

Brass & Red Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front

The 1930s

Original heraldic engraving on copper (1722) in colour - A System of Heraldry - By Alexander Nisbet

The vignette was cut from an original folio sheet and then hand-enhanced with a subtle watercolor painting.

The event is presented under a modern passe-partout

Coat of arms of the family: Buchanan of Drumakill

70° alcohol

Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary

Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9

Elixir N°7324

Antique pharmacy bottle

EMPTY

The Pharmacist's Dispensary Inkwell

Moulded glass safety inking pot - Late 19th century

sold without a pen

Square Section Dropper Bottle

Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's

Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip

EMPTY

Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.

Antique pharmacy jar

Liquid Peptone

Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.

Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard

TOXIC label - Do not exceed the prescribed dose

The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.

Mastic of Chios

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

Antipyrina Knorr

Named after its German discoverer: Ludwig Knorr

Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle

Late 19th century

"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge 

Brass & Blue Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front

The 1930s

Cumin Epicea Pill - Pil: Cum Picea

Antique blown glass pharmacy jar 

Apothecary