Crushed cola nuts

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

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.

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Essence of star anise

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Metal box of breath mints with cocaine

Box of pastilles Menthol-Borate-Cocaïne-Stovaïne from CPF Laboratories

1920's

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Antique glass dropper in white glass 

Apothecary - Pharmacy

Specimen jar in blown glass - Inverted apothecary jar - Seed vase

Size S

A vintage laboratory or conservatory container designed for the display and preservation of biological or botanical specimens

Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany

Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle

Aconite tincture

Antique pharmacy bottle

Green label: SUBSTANCE A SEPARER - CODEX 1908

This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous in high doses- POISON

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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

Pravaz hypodermic injection syringe

Early 20th century

Non-functional

SOLD ALONE WITHOUT CASE

Le corps de l'Homme

Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves

By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs

No date, circa 1900

Delphinium staphisagria - Stavesacre

Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle

Late 19th century, early 20th century.

Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly condensed milk - Drawer

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. 

This box is no longer just a transport container, it has been adopted as a piece of furniture.

Period: Circa 1920–1940

Cèdre - Cedarwood Oil

Antique pharmacy bottle

There is some product left, but the stopper is stuck

The writing has faded, but in oblique light one can make out CEDRE

Silver Nitrate Sticks

Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE STORED SEPARATELY – CODEX 1908

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.

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Potassium Cyanide and Iron

Also known as yellow potassium prussiate

Antique 19th-century pharmacy bottle

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