Antique intaglio and cameo print from the Grand Tour of the 19th century
White plaster
True testimony of the Grand Tour carried out by the aristocrats in the 19th century
Profiles in the antique style, mythological scenes or Greco-Roman deities
Antique intaglio and cameo print from the Grand Tour of the 19th century
White plaster
A true testimony of the Grand Tour, this journey of aristocratic education undertaken by the enlightened European youth from the 18th century and the beginnig of the 19th century (travel which also gave rise to the word "tourist").
During their stay in Italy, these wealthy travelers acquired, according to their means, pieces of art and antiques or reproductions such as here these prints, medals and cameos in the antique style being very popular.
These prints were part of dactyliothèques: collections of prints that reproduce the most beautiful engraved gems of antiquity.
White cast plaster was the classic, academic material par excellence. It offered a perfect and clear restitution of the details sculpted by the glypticians (stone engravers) of Antiquity.
Intaglio or Cameo:
The Intaglio is an engraved fine stone. When plaster is poured inside, the material fills the cavity: the resulting print therefore emerges in relief. This is the case of these prints, which allow you to admire the original design of the gem.
The Cameo: A gem sculpted in relief. An impression taken from a cameo will, on the contrary, give a debossed print.
The prints were often lined with a thin strip of two-tone paper enhanced by a golden border on the edge. This banding was intended to protect by holding the edge of the plaster to prevent chipping.
The prints presented here no longer have this banding.
Subject: Profiles in the antique style, mythological scenes or Greco-Roman deities.
Prices range from €15 to €35 (The Gryphon slaying a snake)
The fingerprints are all in very different sizes, from 1.5cm to 3cm
A:2.6cm B:3cm C:2.5cm D:2.6cm E:2.2cm F:1.5cm G:2.1cm H:1.9cm I:2.2cm
Wax Seal - Seal - Antique Stamp - AF
Ergonomic, turned, blackened wooden handle
Engraving: Initials AF
Estimated period: Late 19th – Early 20th century
Large brass candlestick - Candleholder
20th century
Height 42cm Weight: 1.65kg
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: Dalrymple of Cranstoun
Antique apothecary bottle – Coca powder – Late 19th century/Early 20th century
POISON
Coca powder is the source of cocaine, which was the first effective local anaesthetic used in surgery and dentistry.
SOLD EMPTY
Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphorated ethereal oil (circa 1920)
THERAPLIX
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Antique drum microscope for botanist, entomologist
Mirror missing
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Poudre de réglisse - Licorice powder
Large cobalt blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - Shouldered - H28cm - 19th century
Shouldered apothecary bottle - Antique pharmacy bottle
Mouth-blown glass - Cobalt blue color tinted throughout
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling
Silver iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label with golden blue threads
Red TOXIC 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.
Dating: 19th century
EMPTY
Reliquary box - 19th century
Jewelry box
Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned
Lower part of the lower mandible of a horse jaw
Antique model from Maison Auzoux in Paris
Paper-mâché pedagogical model
Model A - 9 months
Narceine - Opium Derivative
Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label.
Red TOXIC 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.
Dating: 19th century
EMPTY - The bottle is blocked and does not open, sealed by time
Antique intaglio and cameo print from the Grand Tour of the 19th century
Two-tone sulfur print
True testimony of the Grand Tour carried out by the aristocrats in the 19th century
Antique bust / scholar profile
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.
Coffin handle - Winged hourglass
around 1900
You buy only 1 handle
They are in very good condition with a superb patina.
Brand new from the period, it has never been used.
Antique intaglio and cameo print from the Grand Tour of the 19th century
White plaster
True testimony of the Grand Tour carried out by the aristocrats in the 19th century
Profiles in the antique style, mythological scenes or Greco-Roman deities
