Eau Régale - Dangerous acid
Skull and crossbones symbol on the label
Antique pharmacy 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’.
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Eau Régale: Mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. Very corrosive. The king of acids, it dissolves gold and other noble materials.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Eau Régale (Aqua regia)
A mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. Highly corrosive and very dangerous, hence the skull and crossbones symbol on the label.
The labels are entirely handwritten in black ink on bright orange paper, the colour mandated by French regulations in the 19th century to immediately identify poisonous substances.
This indicated to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
Date: Late 19th century or very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
Height: 8cm Diameter: 3.2cm
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Eau regale (Aqua regia) was the acid that enabled alchemists to dissolve glass and especially gold, the object of the alchemist's quest for desire! As it is this acid that dissolves noble materials such as gold, tantalum and platinum, it was named Aqua Regia: Royal Water or Regal Water.
Chlorure de magnésium
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
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Angelica Archangelica
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century, early 20th century
Antique pharmacy jar
Liquid Peptone
Raw meat product very fashionable in the first half of the 20th century.
Dropper bottle
Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's
Remains of a label from the Parc du Monceau Pharmacy
Is there any bluish residue left inside, and the bottle may have served as an inkwell at one time?
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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
Hypophosphite de Calcium
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Arséniate de Soude
Antique pharmacy 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: Begining of 20th century
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An antique absinthe topette (decanter)
10 Beaded Topette
Red chalk drawing- Anatomical drawing
Anatomical study
Drawn by Eugène de Montchoisy in Saint-Brieuc in November 1840
These are not reproductions but original period drawings in red chalk.
You are purchasing one plate, not the entire set of plates
Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris
Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank
Antique labels in a pharmacy box for cures made of canvas cardboard
To be used with care label
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.
A avaler aux repas To be taken with meals (as far as can be made out from the torn label)
Antique pharmacy bottle
Torn label
The Apothecary’s Little Drawer
Small antique wooden apothecary’s drawer that can be used as a storage box – Trade drawer
To be diverted on the shelf or niche for your curiosities
Handcrafted using traditional methods, with dovetail joints and a turned wooden handle
Width: 26cm - Length: 15.5cm - Height: 5.5cm
All the drawers are different, with stains and varying signs of age on each one
Sold empty, without accessories
Carbonate de Potasse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Early 20th century (circa 1910 - 1920)
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Bibliothèque Choisie de Médecine - Volume 8
Selected Library of Medicine
By François PLANQUE - 1750
Complete original edition with 10 fold-out plates
Packet of Potato Starch
Circa 1920
New old stock
Eau Régale - Dangerous acid
Skull and crossbones symbol on the label
Antique pharmacy 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’.
EMPTY
Eau Régale: Mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. Very corrosive. The king of acids, it dissolves gold and other noble materials.
