Mauvais Rêve - Bad Dream
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Mauvais Rêve - Bad Dream
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Memento Mori : Latin locution meaning "Remember that you will die".
In order to remind proud and power-hungry men of their common fatal fate: death.
During the triumph of a Roman general, the slave on the chariot holding the laurel wreath said the famous phrase reminding him of his condition of mere mortal: "Memento mori". In order to remind him to keep his feet on the ground...
Another variant: Hominem te esse: You too are only a man.
Material: Carved antler - Blackened wood base
Total height: 15cm - Base diameter: 7.5cm - Wingspan: 11cm
Double skeleton
Sculpture on deer antlers
Unique piece
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Memento Mori Ossuary
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua
Golden Hamster skeleton in glass case
Mesocricetus auratus
Black crow on sheep skull - Corvus corone
Perfect in a cabinet of curiosities, a masterpiece!
Memento Mori aux Roses
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
Antique pharmacy advertising display
Modified antique writing case
Memento Mori sculpted from a deck of cards - Poker
Size M
BLUE color
Entomological box containing a beetle
Species: Heliocopris dominus
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
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
Anatomic lithography: "Traité complet de l'Anatomie de l'Homme"
by Dr Bourgery and draughtsman Jacob
1866
Fossil tooth of Basilosaurus - from Morocco (Dakhla)
Priabonian (Eocene) time period, approximately 37.8 to 33.9 million years ago
Insect shard
Dynastes neptunus under glass case
By La Thanatothèque
Mauvais Rêve - Bad Dream
Carving on deer antlers - Memento Mori
