An antique absinthe topette (decanter)

6 Beaded Topette

Residue in the bottom of the carafe

Coffin handle - Winged hourglass

around 1900

You buy only 1 handle

Traces of oxidation on the handles, more or less important

Brand new from the period, it has never been used.

Antique and large drum microscope

In it's mahogany wooden box

For botanist, entomologist

This is a larger model than those usually found on the market

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.

Silver Ex-voto - Votive Offering - Sacred Art - Religious Art by Boncoeurs

An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, “according to the vow made”) is an offering made to a deity or saint in gratitude for a favor received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.

These offerings in the form of objects can take many forms and be made from a variety of materials.

Model: Anatomy - Hand

Pillar Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas

Model: Skulls and teeth

Made in France

Potain’s Aspirator in its Light Wood Case

Beginning of 20th century

English maker: THACKRAY LEEDS ENGLAND

non-functional

Large decorative vase - Salvo by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

Here we have Salvo, the octopus seller.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

Dr. Potain’s aspirator set in its felt-lined box

Late 19th century, circa 1880

Antique medical instrument without manufacturer marking

non-functional

Notebook – Order book from the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Writing on the first four pages only; the rest is blank

Cup by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily – Large model Salvo

Handmade white ceramic from Sicily

Patrizia Italiano is a renowned Italian artist and ceramist, whose work is a true celebration of Sicily, her homeland and her main source of inspiration. Patrizia Italiano lives in Sicily, Italy, between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the Aeolian Islands.

She draws her inspiration from Sicilian landscapes, its history and its people. She is famous for her anthropomorphic vases, the famous Sicilian Moor’s Heads, which she reinterprets with great humour and a modern twist, giving them the names of Sicilian merchants.

High-temperature glazed art ceramic, very sturdy and with colours that will not fade.

They are all differents!

Amethyst fragment on a stand

Semi-precious stone, a purple variety of quartz

Ref A - Small

4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover

Clover pebble 

Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens

Grown in France

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

4-leaf clover - Four-leaf clover

Cristal de Trèfle - M size

Botanical inclusion of Trifolia repens

Grown in France

Little Candle by Cabinet de Cire for Curiositas

Model: Curiositas logo

Made in France