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
Antique papier-mâché doll’s head on a base
To evoke 19th-century museum displays, the head has been mounted on a beechwood plinth with a matt black finish.
A striking piece for any lover of unusual objects. This antique doll’s head, crafted from a traditional blend of paper, plaster and fibres, exudes a magnetic presence.
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 reveals a layer of Spanish newspapers used to reinforce the structure. Fragments of political texts from the 1980s can be made out (references to NATO, Felipe González, Jordi Pujol), anchoring this object in 1980s Spain.
The face features a natural cracked patina; the empty eyes and the slightly parted, made-up mouth give it an enigmatic or creepy look, depending on your taste!
A few pencil marks on the top of the skull bear witness to its past and former life.
Height: 18cm
Condition: Authentic original patina with cracks from use and signs of wear (pencil marks) on the top.
To evoke 19th-century museum displays, the head has been mounted on a beechwood base with a matt black finish.
70° alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9
Brass plate number per unit
Numbered oval brass plate
Eau de Cologne du Mont St Michel
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae
Antique pharmacy bottle
Blown glass
Pharmaceutical zinc sulphate
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances 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.
EMPTY
Napoleon III box in rosewood and polychrome marquetry
These boxes were used to store gloves, letters or accessories. This one was probably used to store dominoes, judging by the interior compartments.
A refined decorative piece, typical of 19th-century Parisian lifestyle.
19th century - Period: Napoleon III, circa 1850–1875
"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Blue Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
Antique painted plywood panel
ENTREE INTERDITE - DANGER ENTRY FORBIDDEN - DANGER
Skull and crossbones with barbed wire
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
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
Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic focusingmagnifier
Photographer's magnifying glass from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
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
Ebonite cannula tip
Tips for enema or medical irrigation cannulas. New Old Stock
Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphor (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
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
