Papuan dagger in engraved cassowary bone

Papuan handicraft

Ref B

An antique absinthe topette (decanter)

10 Beaded Topette

Grey-Black patinated marble base for ball or sphere

Base - support

High base specially designed to hold a ball or egg

Perfect for ostrich eggs 

Not suitable for emu, rhea or swan eggs, for example

Antique bronze pine cone candle snuffer from the 19th century.

Also known as a candle extinguisher.

Originally used to extinguish smokeless candles.

Agate egg on base

Formed from successive layers of chalcedony

Origin: Madagascar - Natural colours

Brass straight column microscope with weighted base

19th century or early 20th century

In its mahogany case with clamp and swivel mirror

Extraction forceps for maxillary molars with symmetrical, hollowed-out jaws

Circa 1900-1910

Manufacturer: Luer in Paris

Handwritten notebook from Maison Merci Louis 

10x15cm - Small format

Blank notebook. Leather-bound back.

Entomologist's magnifying glass on stand

Reedition

Low magnification, magnifier cannot be removed from its base

Golden 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: Sacred Heart Eligia

Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne

Agate egg on base

Formed from successive layers of chalcedony

Origin: Madagascar - Natural colours

The egg can be removed from its base

Articulated wooden tattoo arm 

Suikoden

Japanese colour tattoo

Antique drum microscope 

With its wooden case containing 1 brass clamp and 2 preparation slides

XIXth century - inscription under the case dated 7 or 8 May 1853