Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Cul-de-lampe wall bracket console of Italian origin, sourced from Tuscany, dating to the 19th century.
It reflects the fine tradition of Tuscan gilding workshops, featuring a carved softwood (fir) structure coated with a gesso primer that shapes the relief of generous acanthus leaves.
The original gold leaf gilding exhibits a lovely patina of age, revealing areas of the underlying red bole (Armenian bole). The top shelf is painted in faux antique green marble, creating a beautiful contrast with the gilding.
With its proportions and dramatic relief, this console serves as an ideal wall support for displaying collectibles, busts, sculptures, or other curiosity cabinet pieces.
Origin: Italy (Tuscany)
Period: 19th century
Materials: Carved softwood (fir/spruce), gesso (plaster primer), gold leaf gilding over red bole (Armenian bole), top painted in faux antique green marble
Dimensions: Height: 31 cm – Maximum width: 25 cm
Weight: 1.23 kg
Condition: Antique condition with original patina and signs of age. Presence of old stucco breaks in the center of the foliage:(see photos). Over time, small areas of gesso have chipped, exposing the white undercoat beneath the gilding.
Mounting: Metal reinforcing plate added to the back for secure wall hanging.
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
Volume 3 - 1844
Eau de Cologne du Mont St Michel
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Large Neo-Renaissance chased brass altar candle holder from the 19th century
Candelabra 59cm - Candle holder
Height 59cm Weight: 2.4kg
Chloral hydrate
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 glass collar has a significant vintage sheen on the stopper, and its original ground-glass cap is blocked and sealed with time.
Sodium Nitrite
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Label: DANGEROUS
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
19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand
Made of brass with a Paris porcelain body painted with rose and ribbon motifs
Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder
Toothpaste - Antique apothecary
Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid
Antiseptic
Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked
Antique cardboard lithographed demijohn headdress - Andrea Cioni & Figlio (Empoli, Tuscany)
Period: Circa 1913-1920 (Italy)
Period packaging that caps the neckline of large wicker transport demijohn to seal the neck.
Antique intaglio and cameo print from the Grand Tour of the 19th century
In Brown Wax
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
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
3 compartments
Ref C - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Portable autopsy kit from the mid-19th century
Maison Charrière in Paris, circa 1845–1870
Mahogany case for autopsy and dissection
Small portable mahogany case containing a set of autopsy instruments: hook hammer, bone chisel, enterotome scissors, probes, hooks and suture needles. Used by forensic scientists and anatomists for opening and examining bodies.
Charrière, a major 19th-century Parisian manufacturer, was a pioneer in the design of high-precision surgical and anatomical instruments.
Mahogany and polished steel: 23 × 11 cm
Please note: crack in the wood under the case
A beautiful object, very rare to find
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
"Génial Lucifer"- Vintage bicycle headbadge
Brass & Blue Enamel to be placed on the bicycle tube at the front
The 1930s
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.
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
