An antique absinthe topette (decanter)

6 Beaded Topette

Residue in the bottom of the carafe

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.

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

Antique glass dropper in white glass 

Apothecary - Pharmacy

White Precipitate - Mercury

Antique pharmacy bottle made of blown glass and enameled painted label.

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.

Dating: 19th century

There is still some product inside but the cap is blocked and does not open.

Camphorated alcohol

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

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Bulb for hypodermic injection - Camphorated ethereal oil (circa 1920)

THERAPLIX

Jusquiame - Henbane

Antique pharmacy bottle.

Red ‘POISON’ label

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.

Date: Begining of 20th century

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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.

Antique pharmacy jar: Lignum Quillayae Saponaria

Panama wood - 19th century jar

Phénol Aqueux

Antique pharmacy bottle

Green label: SUBSTANCE TO BE SEPARATED - CODEX 1908

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

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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

Square Section Dropper Bottle

Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's

Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip

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Antique pharmacy box for remedy made of canvas cardboard

Myra pills 

Covering in sumptuous red maroquiné/chagrin paper, with edges and slices enhanced with a deep violet/purple very characteristic of the creations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: 1890/1910.

You buy 1 box but not the lot

Pyridoxine hydrochloride - Vitamin B6

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Antique brass and cast-iron rack-and-pinion microscope in wooden case

Late 19th century - Early 20th century