Golden Ex-voto - Ornament - 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: Evening Star

Bi-Carbonate de Soude - Sodium bicarbonate

Antique cardboard pharmacy box

Beautiful typography typical of the Belle Époque: circa 1910-1920

Golden Vial - Vial of 22 carat gold

A glass vial containing fragments of 22-carat gold leaf.

Sea Jasper Sphere - Ocean Jasper Ball

individually

Origin: Madagascar

Sold individually without base

Antique papier-mâché doll’s head on a base

Originally designed as a toy component, it has been reimagined here as a true cabinet piece in the style of a memento mori.

The interior lining features Spanish newspapers from the 1980s.

Height: 18cm

Bottle of 22 carat gold

A small vial containing a piece of gold leaf 

Antique glass bell jar 

Apothecary / Laboratory

Thin glass, light green in color and darker at the top, with bubbles 

Handwritten notebook from Maison Merci Louis 

20x15cm - Large format

Blank notebook. Leather-bound back.

Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk

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 1910–1930

Painted papier-mâché anatomical model of the brain

Produced by Établissements Auzoux

Model No. 12 from the 1874 catalogue

Dismantlable, numbered model, used for medical teaching.

A rare item in excellent working condition

This is a 1:1 scale model of the brain, sold separately at the time as a demonstration model; it is not a brain that was found inside anatomical manikins.

Antique Chrome-plated metal coffin handle

Winged hourglass motif

Art Deco period – 1925–1935

Some signs of oxidation on the handles

Brand new from the period; it has never been installed

Phrenology Crackle Head - Small

Antique storage box for glass eyes in blue felt

50 compartments

Interior in blue felt and silk

Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne

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 ROSIER