Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
Antique pharmacy corkscrew in the shape of a crocodile.
Cast iron that has been painted in gold.
From the 19th century or early 20th century.
The corkscrew allowed the pharmacist to compress and soften the corks before inserting them in the bottles containing the remedy.
The corkscrew was often fixed in the apothecary's or pharmacist's shop by screwing it to the counter.
Here what is uncommon is that it is in the form of a salamander but one finds it very often in the form of a crocodile, another name of the corkscrew.
Length: 29cm
It weighs 3.1Kg !
Before these objects appear, the apothecary or the pharmacist chewed himself the corks to insert them in the bottles... From where the term chewing-cork...
Antique drum microscope
Mahogany wooden box
For botanist, entomologist
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - 1753
Antique and Illustrated Pharmacopoeia
By Moyse CHARAS
This book contains all the plants, minerals and animals that went to make up the remedies used in those days. Some of them are quite surprising to our modern eyes.
Washed Kaolin
Antique pharmacy bottle with bakelite cap
Ovarine
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Acidum Tanicum
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Sulfo-ricinate de Soude
Antique pharmacy bottle - Droguerie - Apothicaire
Kalmine 12 pilsl box
Antique tin medicine box
Empty
Bearded dragon - Pogona vitticeps - Bearded agama
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Antique ampoule for hypodermic injection
Sodium Cacodylate - (circa 1900)
MERAM
Rue Powder
Rue was an abortive plant
Antique pharmacy bottle - Poison - Toxic
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Tincture of Aconite - Poison
Antique earthenware ointment jar
Pharmacy pot 185ml
Antique glass dropper in white glass
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Heart-shaped stopper
Antique ampoule for hypodermic injection
Caféine - (circa 1900)
Bromure d'Ammonium
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Portable Dictionary of Surgery - Volume 3
By Sue le jeune
Published in 1783 - Delalain, Paris
2 fold-out plates on surgical instruments at the end of the book
Golden crocodile - Pharmacy corkscrew in cast iron
XIXth century
