Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
  • Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.

Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.

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Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.

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Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.

Box from a collection from the 1930's by a pharmacist in Central France and kept in the attic of the pharmacy.

The box is made of light wood (fir?) and almost always has a handwritten label with the name in French and Latin, as well as the classification, but sometimes the label is missing.

Contents: seeds, leaves, bark, roots, tubers, petals, flowers, gum, resin, mushrooms, lichen, moss etc...

Various sizes between 3.5cm (small size S), 4.5cm (medium size M) ,6.5cm (large size L) - Not all boxes are exactly this size.

As the collection comprises 199 samples, it is impossible to list it here. You will receive a random box. Surprise on arrival!

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