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
Pravaz hypodermic injection syringe
Early 20th century
Non-functional
SOLD ALONE WITHOUT CASE
Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate
Antique cardboard pharmacy box
Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920
Painted papier-mâché anatomical model of the brain
Produced by Établissements Auzoux
Model No. 12 from the 1874 catalogue
Dismantlable, numbered model, used for medical teaching.
A rare item in excellent working condition
This is a 1:1 scale model of the brain, sold separately at the time as a demonstration model; it is not a brain that was found inside anatomical manikins.
Central Pharmacy of the Civil Hospitals of Paris
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
RICQLES Mint alcohol bottle
1950s pharmacy glass bottle
Some product remains inside: Collectors’ item – Not for consumption
Castel - Michel perfumers
Antique perfume bottle
Apothecary vial
Teinture de Cantharides - POISON
Lytta vesicatoria - Spanish fly
Antique blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Early 20th century - Blown glass.
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
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Atropine sulphate
Atropine is extracted from belladonna, the notorious poisonous plant.
Antique dropper 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: Late 19th century or very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
EMPTY
Antique glass bell jar
Apothecary / Laboratory
Thin glass, light green in color and darker at the top, with bubbles
Potassium Bromide Elixir
Antique and large brown English pharmacy bottle
Antique drum microscope for botanist, entomologist
Mirror missing
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Dr Potain vacuum cleaner in its case
Late 19th century - 1885-1894
Antique medical instrument from manufacturer MATHIEU in Paris
non-functional
Alum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
