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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.
Antique brown glass bottle
Huile camphrée
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Collector’s bronze dental articulator
Circa 1920 for the bronze frame
The plaster and resin forming the gums and teeth are modern.
Ancient engraving -board of Natural History in colour nineteenth century
Anatomy - Antique chart by D'Orbigny - 1869
In colors
Atlas of the Universal Dictionary of Natural History
Large Neo-Renaissance chased brass altar candle holder from the 19th century
Candelabra 59cm - Candle holder
Height 59cm Weight: 2.4kg
Incense
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There are still some product inside.
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
Anatomical chart by Paulet and Sarazin
From the Traité d'anatomie topographique (Treatise on topographical anatomy)
Published in 1867-1870
Chromolithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Le Cachet Rose Flossim - Flossim Pink Tablets
Vintage tin medicine box - Pharmacy - Apothecary
EMPTY
Antique pharmacy jar
Liquid Peptone
Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.
Hemlock leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
Red POISON label
Signaling to the pharmacist that it is imperative to keep apart the other substances in the cabinet of toxic substances, the famous poison cabinet.
A fascinating testimony to pharmacology
It comes from an old cellar-laboratory in a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not moved since the late 1950s on the shelves. The cellar had served as a laboratory for medical analyses and a laboratory for magistral preparations of the pharmacy from 1900 until around 1950.
Datura powder
Antique earthenware pot
Intended for the exclusive use of pharmacists for making magistral preparations, the jar displays the regulatory labels "TOXIC" and the red banner "POISON".
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
The apothecary’s Drawer - Size L
Antique wooden pharmacy drawer that can be used as a storage box - Craft Furniture Drawer
To be diverted on the shelf or niche for your curiosities
Antique hand-crafted manufacturing with dovetail joints and turned wooden pull knob
Width: 13cm - Length: 49cm - Height: 5cm
Sold empty, without accessories
Anatomical chart by Ludovic Hirschfeld drawn by Léveillé
From Traité et iconographie du système nerveux et des organes des sens de l'homme avec leur mode de préparation
Published in 1866
Lithography
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Wall decoration of Pompeii - Herculaneum mosaics: Chromolithographic plate
By Wilhelm Zahn
Published between 1832 and 1849
YOU ARE PURCHASING 1 SINGLE BOARD - NOT THE BOOK OR THE SET OF BOARDS
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
Mechanical cigar dispenser - Cigar cabinet- Cylindrical cigar box - Cigar cellar
Napoleon III period - 19th century
When you turn the knob, the doors open and close smoothly
This mechanical cigar dispenser is an iconic curiosity found in smoking rooms of the Napoleon III era.
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