Mastic of Chios
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
Mastic of Chios
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar. 19th-century mouth-blown glass
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
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling.
Chios mastic was an indispensable product in a chemist’s shop in the late 19th or early 20th century for two main reasons:
‘Mastic Varnish’: The chemist would dissolve these mastic tears in alcohol or ether to create an adhesive varnish. It was used to secure dressings or protect wounds (the precursor to spray-on dressings).
Dentistry: It was used to make temporary dental cements or to relieve pain by chewing the grains (hence the name ‘mastic’).
Mastic was and remains one of the most expensive resins in the world. Even today, its production is protected by a PDO on the island of Chios in Greece.
Handwritten in pen
Height: 20.5cm - Diameter: 9cm - Weight: 1.15Kg
Box of nascent oxygen and cocaine tablets
From the 1900s to the 1950s it was not uncommon to see cocaine as an ingredient in some lozenges, especially for throat ailments!
EMPTY
Copper Sulfate
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
19th-century mouth-blown glass
There are still some beautiful blue crystals inside.
A fascinating artifact from the history of pharmacology
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Rue was an abortive plant
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10 Beaded Topette
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Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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Antique pharmacy bottle
“Taxe d'Armement” label: 1939/1940
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Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
EMPTY but cap is blocked and bottle will not open
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Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Trioxyméthylène
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Acide Chlorhydrique
Antique pharmacy bottle
Handwritten text on a label from the Berthier Pharmacy, located at the Rotonde Marceau in Paris. The label shows the telephone number 02-76 with the Wagram area code, which dates the bottle to between 1912—when area codes were first introduced—and the 1930s or 1940s.
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Antique pharmacy bottle
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Antique pharmacy bottle
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Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
EMPTY
Anatomical Atlas by A. Bossu
Anthropology - End of the XIXth century
20 engravings of Anatomy by Léveillé
Mastic of Chios
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
