Crystallized Elaterin by Merck

Antique pharmacy bottle

POISON label with the famous skull and crossbones

Signaling to the pharmacist that it is imperative to keep apart the other substances in the cabinet of toxic substances, the famous poison cabinet.

It comes from an old cellar-laboratory in a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not moved since the late 1950s on the shelves. The cellar had served as a laboratory for medical analyses and a laboratory for magistral preparations of the pharmacy from 1900 until around 1950.

Dating: 20th century

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Dropper bottle

Antique pharmacy bottle - 1920-30's

Is there any bluish residue left inside, and the bottle may have served as an inkwell at one time?

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Toothpaste elixir

Antique pharmacy bottle

Handwritten label with pen

Biphosphate de Chaux

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Iron & Soda Pyrophosphate

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Phrenology Trinket Dish

10x10cm

Palmistry  Trinket Dish

10x10cm

Scarabée - Beetle under mini globe

Species: Dicronocephalus wallichi

Various other species available

Plastic mini globe

Scarabée - Beetle under mini globe

Species: Sternocera aequisignata

Various other species available

Plastic mini globe

Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) on poliste wasps' nests under glass

Hornets are known to attack wasps and are an invasive species in Europe.

Here it is a creation of the shop, the nest coming from the polistes spp wasps of Martinique. 2 species that are therefore not encountered.

Butterfly bell - Size M

Species: Asterope Leprieuributterfly from Peru (Breeding farm)

Botanical Plank - English Botany

Published in 1804

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

Painted watercolor engraving from the 19th century