Botany plate by Michel Etienne Descourtilz

From the Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles ou histoire naturelle des plantes usuelles des colonies françaises, anglaises, espagnoles et portugaises.

Published in 1827/1833

Painted engraving from the 19th century

Natural History Board 

Oeuvres du comte de Lacépède, comprenant l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes ovipares, des serpents, des poissons et des cétacés: accompagnées de 150 planches gravées sur acier, représentant au moins 500 animaux.

Published in 1836 by P.Duménil, Publisher in Paris

Snakes - Zoology

Color plates, watercolor and gummed engraving.

Board size: 22x13.5cm (In-8)

Salvo Little Head by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus – Handmade white ceramic from Sicily – Plant pot – Vase

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.

They are all differents!

Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"

by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob 

Volume 3 - 1844

Ex-Voto heart in clay by Cuore di Argilla 

Italy crafts - Made in Venice

A contemporary reinterpretation of the traditional ex-voto, originally a votive offering made to a god in request of a grace or in thanks for a grace obtained after a vow.

Hair tattoo - Reproduction in hair of a prisoner’s tattoo from the 19th century.

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Reproduction of the tattoo of Pierre Joseph Cethier, former soldier and farmer, in prison in 1877.

BLONDE heartsease flower in hair

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Butterfly in BROWN hair - Reproduction of a butterfly in hair

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Deer antler sculpture - Totem with 3 octopuses on pedestal

Material : Antler

Origin: Indonesia

Double skeleton 

Sculpture on deer antlers 

Unique piece

Botanical Plank - English Botany

Published in 1804

Original copper engraving, enhanced with a hand-made watercolor coloration 

Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century

Clastic Mannequin - Dr. Auzoux's anatomical skinned

Hair tattoo - Reproduction in hair of a soldier’s tattoo from the 19th century.

Souvenir in hair in the Victorian manner of 19th century funerary reliquaries, mourning memories

Artistic work carried out by the Maison Vaillant since 2023 in Rambouillet

Reproduction of the tattoo of Etienne Baraton, former soldier made in the regiment in 1880

Natural History Board of Buffon - Éditions Garnier Frères 

Around 1853/1857

Animals - Zoology

Board size: 26.5x17.5cm (Grand In-8)

Salvo Mug by Patrizia Italiano – Octopus

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.

They are all differents!