Antique wooden pharmacy display

Myrrh

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

Large antique laboratory test tube made of actinic glass (brown glass) - Pharmacy

Its unusual dimensions make it a model with a beautiful presence

Boule de Nancy - Genuine Mars Vulnerary Ball - Steel Ball

This iron-containing ball was once considered a miracle cure for many ailments and injuries.

The Boule de Nancy is sold individually in a small antique drugstore box

Unavailable today

Salamander - Pharmacy corkscrew in bronze 

XIXth century

Iodine dye

Antique pharmacy bottle

With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass

EMPTY

Antique wooden advertising crate for Gallia / Ch. Gervais infant milk concentrate

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.

Period: Circa 1947–1955

Antique apothecary bottle – Coca powder – Late 19th century/Early 20th century

POISON

Coca powder is the source of cocaine, which was the first effective local anaesthetic used in surgery and dentistry.

SOLD EMPTY

Dextrin powder - Starch - Pulvis Dextrinae

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Blown glass

Pyramidon

Antique pharmacy bottle 

Apothecary vial 

Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar

Toothpaste - Antique apothecary

Porcelain pot with illustrated plastic lid

Antiseptic

Early 20th century - Caution the lid is cracked

Phénol Aqueux

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 - POISON

EMPTY

Antipyrina Knorr

Named after its German discoverer: Ludwig Knorr

Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle

Late 19th century

Protective laboratory bell jar - High form with knob in blown glass

Period: 1900 - Pharmacy - Apothecary

Used by the pharmacist to cover precision instruments or isolate preparations undergoing analysis

Antique pharmacy bottle

BIOLACTYL Ferment Fournier - Early 1900

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.