Violet de Méthyle - Antique Pharmacy Bottle - Apothecary
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Gelatine
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
Gelatine
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
It comes from the old cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s!
There is still some product left inside. The gelatine inside has a chalky texture and is scented; it smells quite nice.
This preparation, made from scented, chalky gelatine, was used in the pharmacist’s formulations, such as cough drops or throat lozenges, chest rubs or hand creams.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling.
Handwritten label
Height: 20.5cm - Diameter: 9cm
Violet de Méthyle
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
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
Myrrh
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
Mercury Chalk – Treatment for Syphilis
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Handwritten label, pen inscription ‘Mercurial Chalk’, neat calligraphy with its thick and thin strokes.
Bottom band ‘TO BE SEPARATED’, instructing the pharmacist to store it 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.
Period: Judging by the handwriting, late 19th century
EMPTY
Foxglove leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - 19th-century mouth-blown glass
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.
A fascinating testimony to pharmacology
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.
Small antique engraved glass bell
I believe these are antique glass pieces that were originally intended to be placed on a stand.
Repurpose them as small bells to showcase your small objects, such as a small skull, as shown here.
Sold individually
EMPTY
The apothecary’s Drawer - Size L
Antique wooden pharmacy drawer that can be used as a storage box - Craft Furniture Drawer
To be diverted on the shelf or niche for your curiosities
Antique hand-crafted manufacturing with dovetail joints and turned wooden pull knob
Width: 13cm - Length: 49cm - Height: 5cm
Sold empty, without accessories
Antique and large drum microscope
In it's mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
This is a larger model than those usually found on the market
Antique anatomical model of the larynx and trachea made of painted papier-mâché.
Produced by Établissements Auzoux and manually dated 1938.
Model can be dismantled lengthwise, numbered, used for medical teaching.
Please note: one removable side piece is missing. The model remains stable and highly decorative. Authentic piece.
Handwritten inscription from the period: Larynx - Auzoux à St-Aubin-d’Écrosville Eure 1938
Placed in a metal base, it can be easily removed to hold it in your hand.
Unknown bottle from Coopération Pharmaceutique Française
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Gaiacolated Tincture of Iodine
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Lower part of the lower mandible of a horse jaw
Antique model from Maison Auzoux in Paris
Paper-mâché pedagogical model
Model A - 9 months
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Antique Laundry blue box - Helvetia Blue from Talissot & Chevalier in Dôle and Geneva
Period: 1890-1905
Box containing 6 gold-plated “coins” made of blue wash, resembling the iconography of Swiss coins and medals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Beautiful blue and gold illustration on the box.
Your box will be sealed: never opened in 120 years
UNOBTAINABLE
Antique glass dropper in white glass
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Gelatine
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