"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.
Antique pharmacy bottle
BIOLACTYL Ferment Fournier - Early 1900
Sparteine sulphate
Used as a tonic for nervous syndromes at the very beginning of the 20th century, sparteine was also used to facilitate morphine withdrawal.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Some product left inside
Bat - Natural History Plate
From the book: Natural History by Buffon; dedicated to the citizen Lacépède - Quadrupeds - Second Volume
Published: 1799
Publisher: Chez SAUGRAIN, engraver, rue du Théâtre François, no. 3. THE YEAR VII OF THE REPUBLIC
Polished bone cannula - New vintage stock - In its reusable box
Vintage medical device designed to remove pinworms
Marketed between May 1939 and sometime in 1940
Elixir 173
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Empty
Antique Chrome-plated metal coffin handle
Winged hourglass motif
Art Deco period – 1925–1935
Some signs of oxidation on the handles
Brand new from the period; it has never been installed
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Strophanthus extract - Codex 1908
Early/ mid-20th century pharmacy jar in white earthenware
Beautiful labels: Red POISON label with the famous skull and crossbones and the Poisonous Substances 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.
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.
EMPTY
Hypophosphite de Manganèse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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
Sodium formate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
There is still some product left inside
Pair of ebonite medical cannulas in their original cardboard box
Circa 1920–1930
Original stock from that period
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.
Buckthorns syrup
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Eau de Cologne du Mont St Michel
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Red Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
