"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Red Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
Génial Lucifer
Vintage bicycle headbadge - 1930
Period piece in brass characterized by its upper cut-out in crenellated crown.
The heart of the coat of arms, enhanced with a deep Red enamel, bears the emblem of the brand: an imp.
Not to be confused with a lion!
The reliefs at the back of the plate better reveal the characteristic details of the devil: a head topped with small horns and the clearly forked tail (bifid) engraved in the matrix.
The lettering "GÉNIAL" and "LUCIFER" frame the embossed coat of arms on a white enamel background.
Red and white enamel paint on a curved brass plate to fit on the frame of a bicycle.
Date from the 1930s with a very beautiful typography.
Why a name like that for a bike?
This plate bears witness to a major industrial alliance between the two world wars. It was born from the merger, in 1930, between the establishments Génial (a famous Lyon manufacturer of frames founded in 1907 by Louis Mouterde) and the Parisian brand of cycles Lucifer. The latter was created in 1902 by the supply house Mestre & Blatgé, located on avenue de la Grande-Armée in Paris.
The name Lucifer originally played on its Latin etymology Lux Fero, the bearer of light, evoking the progress of the time, but the company chose to illustrate it in a heraldic way by an imp.
This gave society Génial Lucifer!
During its golden age (from the 1930s to the 1950s), Génial-Lucifer will shine at the top of French cycling by equipping great champions of the Tour de France such as Charles Pélissier or Jean Robic, before ceasing production in 1956
Material: Brass, Red and white enamel.
Dimensions: Height: 7cm - Maximum width: about 3cm
Condition: Authentic vintage. Natural oxidation and patina of time, enamel with cracks or minor gaps that highlight its history. The lateral attachment eyelets are intact.
Square Section Dropper Bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
Antique Absinthe Spoon
The spoons have been used, are scratched, badly oxidized, etc.
You buy 1 spoon, not the whole lot
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
Sodium formate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
There is still some product left inside
Aconite tincture
Antique pharmacy bottle
Green label: SUBSTANCE A SEPARER - CODEX 1908
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous in high doses- POISON
EMPTY
70° alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9
Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris
Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank
Large Reliquary box - 19th century
Jewelry box
Cobalt blue glass pharmacy jar - Apothecary - Wide neck - H26cm - 19th
Apothecary jar with wide opening. Antique pharmacy bottle
Mouth-blown glass - Cobalt blue color tinted throughout
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling
Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Bundle of 100 stamps tied with string
Red 10 centimes stamp of the Semeuse type
Issued from 1903 to the end of the 1930s
Antique bronze base for ball, sphere, or egg - Base - stand
The feet are shaped like animal mouths.
Late 19th - early 20th century
Sold alone without egg or ball
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.
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Ancient First-aid kit for healing snake bites
antique first-aid kit from the Pharmacie Michel LEGROS
Glass syringe in its case
Antique Snake Oil Salesmen product! Quack Medicine
Infangyl Carlier
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
The box still contains its full, sealed bottle and instructions
"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Red Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
