Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century
Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand
Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.
Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.
Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco
Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century
Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand
Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.
The central knot features a decoration carved in a corolla of stylized acanthus foliage, resting on a circular molded base.
Originally intended to maintain compositions of church flowers in painted sheet metal and glassware, this base has a beautiful patina of time with its wear and small jumps of gilding characteristic.
Wooden and gilded metal chancel bouquets (often called altar bouquets or bouquets of fervor) are objects of sacred art typical of the Counter-Reformation and the Baroque period, particularly widespread in Tuscan churches.
These pieces, fixed on the altar or near the tabernacle, were used to glorify the divine permanently at a time when fresh flowers were rare and expensive in winter.
Here, it is only thestem that supported the metal flowers.
Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.
Origin: Tuscany, Italy
Period: 19th century
Materials: Turned wood, priming stucco, gilding
Dimensions: Height 20cm - Diameter of the base: 8.5cm
Condition: Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco, indicating its authenticity.
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
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
Eau de Botot - Tooth-cleansing Elixir
CODEX 1884
Antique 19th-century pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Excerpt from Strophanthus MENIER - TINY pot
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
Aconit 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.
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk
Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.
It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.
Period: Circa 1910–1930
Potassium Bromide Elixir
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Formalin label
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Manual of the Naturalist Preparer followed by a Treaty of Embalmings
by BOITARD - Book of 1853
5 fold-out plates at the end of the volume with beautiful engravings
Armand Vaast nasal spray - Oil vaporizer - Antique remedy
In its box
Used in otolaryngology, it was intended for nasal or oral sprays in the treatment of colds and antiseptic treatment of the respiratory tract.
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Blue Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Glycérine pure officinale
Pure pharmaceutical-grade glycerine
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century
Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand
Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.
Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.
Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco
