Wooden Memento Mori on base
Spiral eyes
Wooden Memento Mori on base with spiral eyes
Memento Mori: Latin phrase meaning "Remember that you will die".
To remind proud, power-hungry men of their common fate: death.
During the triumph of a Roman general, the slave on the chariot holding the laurel wreath said the famous phrase "Memento mori", reminding him of his condition as a mere mortal. To remind him to keep his feet on the ground... Another variation: Hominem te esse: You too are just a man.
Material: wood and deer antlers for teeth
Fully carved
Dimensions: 5x5cm High: 11cm
Amputation saw - First half of the 20th century - USSR medical material
Origin: Most likely USSR or Eastern Europe
Estimated time : 1930-1960
Archimedes screw magnifier - Photographer's Achromatic focusingmagnifier
Photographer's magnifying glass from the late 19th century, early 20th century
When taking a photograph, the photographer would use this focusing magnifier against the frosted glass of his camera to assess the sharpness of the image formed.
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 articulated wooden hand
Mannequin hand
Antique jar for wet specimen storage
Size M
Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne
Aïtos Protective ancestor totem from Timor (Indonesia) with crocodile effigy
Column statue from Indonesia
Mounted on base: 2.70m high
Happiness Key by "Marius à Paris"
With its little embroidered sachet containing lavender
Rugine - Antique surgical instrument
Early 20th century COLLIN manufacturer
In chromed metal
Antique tripod base in gilded metal for ball, sphere or egg - Base - support
Babbitt metal
Can be used to support a decorative ball or sphere
Beginning of the XXth century
Sold alone without egg or ball
Alphabet booklet of Merci Louis manufacturer - Large model
Entirely handmade in cotton paper with irregular edges
Blank notebook
Antique study mask by Simonne Laubé
In vulcanised and painted rubber
Moulding inspired by the famous death mask from L'Inconnue de la Seine
Around 1930
Wooden Memento Mori on base
Spiral eyes
