
copy of Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles...
Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles
Ref: Août 19
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua
Engraved horse skull - Papuan craftsmanship
The skull has been entirely hand-engraved in Papuan villages with ancestral know-how
Varnished skull
Origin: West Papua
Approximate dimensions: 50x22cm Height: 25cm
The skull weighs 3Kg
Human skull - Replica by artist Jérôme Cavailles
Ref: Août 19
Painted botanical plate - Cryptogamy
Voyage to the South Pole and Oceania on the corvettes the Astrolabe and the Zélée, executed by order of the king during the years 1837-1838-1839-1840 under the command of M. Dumont-d'Urville captain of vessel
Published in 1846
Atlas of Natural History - Botany
Cryptogamy
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
It's huge!
Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite
Cleoniceras fern ammonite
100 million year old fossil
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
barracuda in it's glass reliquary box - Sphyraena barracuda
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size S
RED color
Cours d'opérations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal
Course of surgical operations, demonstrated in the Royal Garden
Published in 1751 in Paris, by d'Houry, sole printer and bookseller to Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Fourth edition
Illustrated with numerous plates and engravings in the text, including the famous plate of Poor Malabou and her scrotal elephantiasis on page 112/113, which the author mentions on page 373.
Aïtos Protective ancestor totem from Timor (Indonesia) with crocodile effigy
Column statue from Indonesia
Mounted on base: 2.70m high
Naturalist Magnifier
Morpho Didius butterfly from Peru
Antique pharmacy display jar
Blown red glass
Butterfly - Natural History color plate
Entomology
You buy 1 plate, not the whole set
Dragon Stone
Septaria egg of Madagascar
It's huge!
Cigar cabinet- Cylindrical cigar box - Cigar cellar
Napoleon III period
When you turn the knob, the doors open pretty well except for 1 or 2, but this is not the case for closing, you have to close the doors manually.
Crow on pedestal - Corvus corone
Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!
Note that the wooden crosspiece is not exactly centred on the resin base
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua