In a beautiful blue and black setting, the antique furniture offers ancient, ethnographic and natural history objects, scientific instruments, minerals, fossils, as well as quality reproductions. While keeping its Victorian atmosphere, CURIOSITAS remains a 21st century cabinet of curiosities by hosting works by contemporary artists.
At CURIOSITAS, the objects you buy have a story, a soul. Grégory is here to tell it to you.
NB: It is specified to buyers abroad that it is their responsibility to check that they can import natural specimens protected in their country.CURIOSITAS SAS will not be held responsible for the customs detention of specimens purchased on the www.curiositas.paris website, as well as for possible legal proceedings.
Black Bear Skull from Canada
Ursus americanus
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull
Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
Black Bear Skull from Canada
Ursus americanus
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull
Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
Black Bear Skull from Canada
Ursus americanus
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull
Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
Canadian Cougar Skull - Puma Skull
puma concolor
You must live in the European Union to buy this skull - Not for sale outside the European Union
Sold with its CITES import permit
Box of cocaine lozenges
MBC (Menthol Cocaïno Boraté)
Period: Belle Époque, Art Nouveau style
EMPTY
Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
EMPTY
Teinture d'Arnica
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Teinture d'Arnica
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Huile de ricin
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Huile camphrée
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Eau Régale - Dangerous acid
Skull and crossbones symbol on the label
Antique pharmacy bottle
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
EMPTY
Eau Régale: Mixture of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. Very corrosive. The king of acids, it dissolves gold and other noble materials.
Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
EMPTY
Collodion
Used as a liquid dressing
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Sydenham's Laudanum - Opium tincture
Antique pharmacy bottle
Labels: TOXIQUE and POISON label with skulls with crossed bones
This means that this bottle had to be kept separate from the others because it was dangerous - POISON
EMPTY
Zinc Phosphide: The Killer Gas
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Circa 1890–1910: Belle Epoque
EMPTY
Mercury Proto-Iodide - Syphilis Treatment
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous "poison cabinet".
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Period: Late 19th century - Very early 20th century (circa 1890–1910)
EMPTY
Eau Blanche - Circa 1900–1920
Antique pharmacy bottle
EMPTY
Chloroform
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Late 19th century - Beginning of the 20th
Iodure de Sodium
Antique pharmacy bottle
End of the 19th century—very beginning of the 20th century: circa 1890-1910
EMPTY
Carbonate de Potasse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Early 20th century (circa 1910 - 1920)
EMPTY
Mummy hand - REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Support for Mummy’s Head
Pedestal in blackened turned wood, 19th century style
Sold alone
Mummy head - Human skull REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Mummy head - Human skull REPLICA
Artist reproduction by Jérôme Cavailles
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
Cul-de-lampe Wall Bracket Console - Stuccoed and Gilded Wood - Italy (Tuscany), 19th Century
Early 19th-century wall console
Gilded wood and stucco with painted faux antique green marble
Antique cardboard lithographed demijohn headdress - Andrea Cioni & Figlio (Empoli, Tuscany)
Period: Circa 1913-1920 (Italy)
Period packaging that caps the neckline of large wicker transport demijohn to seal the neck.
Jusquiame - Henbane
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Begining of 20th century
EMPTY
Arséniate de Soude
Antique pharmacy bottle.
Red ‘POISON’ label
Indicating to the pharmacist that it must be stored separately from other substances in the cabinet for toxic substances, the famous ‘poison cabinet’.
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had not been moved from the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar had served as a medical analysis laboratory and a laboratory for the pharmacy’s compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
Date: Begining of 20th century
EMPTY
Large antique wooden pharmacy drawer with compartments - From a pharmacy or herbalist's cabinet
3 compartments
Ref C - 39.5x50cm
Can be used as a storage box
Weight: 4.1kg !
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Valid 1 year from date of purchase
Non-refundable
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50€ Gift Voucher to spend at Curiositas
Valid 1 year from date of purchase
Non-refundable
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100€ Gift Voucher to spend at Curiositas
Valid 1 year from date of purchase
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200€ Gift Voucher to spend at Curiositas
Valid 1 year from date of purchase
Non-refundable
No physical card is sent
250€ Gift Voucher to spend at Curiositas
Valid 1 year from date of purchase
Non-refundable
No physical card is sent
Each object tells a story. That of the world, that of men and nature. Our pieces hide many mysteries...
Our materials are authentic and made from noble materials. Works of art or object of the past, our pieces are united by one ambition: uncompromising quality.
Coming from the animal, vegetable and mineral world, our pieces are the subject of informed and responsible research. Some pieces may be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity which guarantees their origin or their traceability, such as a CITES document for example for protected species.
Some of our pieces may be unique or from small series. These objects are the result of a sharp selection and our stocks may be limited, so don't miss them...
