Jusquiame leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
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.
Jusquiame leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy jar - Wide-mouthed apothecary jar. 19th-century mouth-blown glass.
The glass displays the typical irregularities – air bubbles and slight ripples – characteristic of semi-industrial production from the early 20th century or end of 19th. The base shows a mark from the blowing rod.
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.
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.
This large-capacity jar was a reserve jar intended for the storage of raw materials to be processed into powders, tinctures or infusions in the pharmacy laboratory.
It was used to store the dried leaves of Jusquiame (Hyoscyamus niger). Also called Witches' Grass.
A plant known for its sedative properties, but extremely toxic due to its alkaloid content (hyoscyamine and scopolamine). It is one of the emblematic herbs of ancient pharmacopoeia and traditional witchcraft that produces strong hallucinations.
This large-capacity jar was a storage jar intended for raw materials to be processed into powders, tinctures or infusions in the pharmacy’s laboratory.
The ‘POISON’ label at the bottom of the jar is not decorative. Foxglove has a very narrow therapeutic window: the curative dose is very close to the toxic dose. Handling the dried leaves required extreme precision and was strictly regulated due to its high toxicity.
Beautiful handwritten cursive script in pen on the label.
The red paper used for the label was intended for toxic substances, so that the chemist could immediately distinguish them from non-toxic substances. The label also bears the supplier’s details: “Mod. 250, M., J. & Cie, Paris”.
Height: 23.5 cm – Diameter: 10 cm
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Label: Eau de Chaux Médicinale
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Poudre de réglisse - Licorice powder
Large cobalt blue glass pharmacy bottle - Apothecary - Shouldered - H28cm - 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
Tincture of Jalap Compound also known as German brandy
A purgative powder is extracted from the Jalap plant.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Box of rubber washers for hot water bottles
In its original cardboard box
1939/1940
New Old Stock
BYLA - Antique Pharmacy bottle in amber glass
Dropper bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Glass stopper honed in the shape of a heart for better grip
EMPTY
Eau de Dalibour
Antique pharmacy bottle
Beautiful handwritten labels from the period
EMPTY
Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 6
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1749
Complete original edition with 5 fold-out plates
Mercurochrome
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Mrs Bataille-Simon, First Class Pharmacist in Beaumont sur Sarthe - Tel 9
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
Poison label - Ref A
The pharmacist used his boxes of medicine to put away the labels he would then put on the bottles that he would resell to his customers.
Le corps de l'Homme
Anatomical colour plates with cut-out superimposed leaves
By Edmond Perrier - Schleicher Frères & Cie Editeurs
No date, circa 1900
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
4 compartments
Ref A - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
Specimen jar in blown glass - Inverted apothecary jar - Seed vase
Size L
A vintage laboratory or conservatory container designed for the display and preservation of biological or botanical specimens
Jusquiame leaves - POISON
Antique pharmacy bottle - Wide-mouth apothecary jar.
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.
