Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
Antique pharmacy corkscrew in the shape of a crocodile.
Cast iron that has been painted in gold.
From the 19th century or early 20th century.
The corkscrew allowed the pharmacist to compress and soften the corks before inserting them in the bottles containing the remedy.
The corkscrew was often fixed in the apothecary's or pharmacist's shop by screwing it to the counter.
Here what is uncommon is that it is in the form of a salamander but one finds it very often in the form of a crocodile, another name of the corkscrew.
Length: 29cm
It weighs 3.1Kg !
Before these objects appear, the apothecary or the pharmacist chewed himself the corks to insert them in the bottles... From where the term chewing-cork...
Agocholine Zizine
Antique remedy
Cylindrical metal box
EMPTY
Dictionnaire Universel des Drogues Simples
Universal dictionnary of Simple Drugs
By Nicolas Lemery
Antique illustrated pharmacopoeia - 1760
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Herbalist's or Pharmacist's jar
Antique blank label of the XVIIIth century
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - 1753
Antique and Illustrated Pharmacopoeia
By Moyse CHARAS
This book contains all the plants, minerals and animals that went to make up the remedies used in those days. Some of them are quite surprising to our modern eyes.
Superfine Essence of Bourbon Clove
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae
Antique pharmacy bottle
Blown glass
19th century amputation saw
No maker's mark
Accident on the blade
Sirop d'Iodure de fer
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Unmarked
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Bearded dragon - Pogona vitticeps - Bearded agama
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Dry sodium iodide
Antique pharmacy bottle - drugstore - apothecary
Abrégé de l'histoire des plantes usuelles - 1782 - By Chomel
Summary of the history of common plants
Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
