Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
Original vintage stock
This 60-gram packet of potato starch bears witness to an era when this product was not merely a culinary ingredient, but a staple of the pharmaceutical compendium. In pharmacies, starch served as a neutral binder for compounded powders, a base for making tablets, or a soothing and absorbent powder for skin irritations.
Never used, still sealed.
A visual testament to the history of pharmacy and commerce in the early 20th century,
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The vials and other items 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.
Height: 6cm
Pyridoxine hydrochloride - Vitamin B6
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
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
Pocket microscope
Floroscope - Insectoscope in brass
1850's - 1930's
Unknown bottle from Coopération Pharmaceutique Française
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Ancient First-aid kit for healing snake bites
antique first-aid kit from the Pharmacie Michel LEGROS
Glass syringe in its case
Antique Snake Oil Salesmen product! Quack Medicine
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
Collodion élastique - Elastic collodion
Antique pharmacy bottle
This product was used in the 19th century as a liquid plaster: a solution of ether and powdered cotton which, once applied to the skin, left a flexible, waterproof protective film.
EMPTY
Créosote
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 in high doses
EMPTY
Laboratory pestle in chiseled metal and apothecary hard stone
Possibly an agate or jade
Dating: Belle Époque (Circa 1890 - 1910)
Eau de Cologne du Mont St Michel
Antique BLUE glass pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Very Large cobalt blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - Shouldered - H27.5cm - 19th century
Shouldered apothecary bottle - Antique pharmacy bottle
Mouth-blown glass - Cobalt blue color tinted throughout
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for stockpiling
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
Metal ENT Olive Box - Original cardboard box
1939/1940
New old stock
Sodium Nitrite
Antique amber glass bottle, with a boxwood and cork stopper.
Label: DANGEROUS
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.
EMPTY
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
