Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century

Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand

Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.

Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.

Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco

Stem - Baroque base in turned wood and gilded stucco - Italy (Tuscany), 19th century

Italian Giltwood Altar Floral Stand

Antique religious altar bouquet stem made of turned and carved wood, covered with a stucco undercoating (gesso) and gilded.

Lack of gesso and gilding in some places, which is precisely why the white gesso appears under the gilding.

Traces of use and visible gaps in stucco

Large antique Marian ex-voto in silver-plated metal - Tuscany - Italy - 19th century

Votive offering - Sacred art - Religious art

Period: 19th century (circa 1880–1900)

An ex-voto (from the Latin ex voto suscepto, "according to the vow made") is an offering offered to a deity or a saint in gratitude for a grace received or in request of protection. This offering can take many forms.

In Italy, and particularly in Tuscany where this ex-voto comes from, these votive hearts traditionally dressed the walls of shrines (cante ex-voto).

Butterfly bell - Size M

Species: Pereute callinira butterfly from Peru (antique reused collection)

Butterfly bell - Size S

Species: Callicore excelsior butterfly from Peru (Breeding)

Entomological box

Species: Haetera piera butterfly from Ecuador

9x12cm

Entomological box

Species: Scarab beetle Dicronocephalus debryi

From China captured in 1998

Sirop d'Iodure de Fer

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Liqueur Ammoniac: anisée

Antique pharmacy bottle with handwritten writing.

Also called the aniseed ammonia spirit.

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Iodine dye

Antique pharmacy bottle

With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass

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Elixir N°7324

Antique pharmacy bottle

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Alcool camphrée

Antique pharmacy bottle

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