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.
Box of Cocaine Dragees - Gosiérine DALLOZ - Art Nouveau
From the 1910-1920s with a typical Art Nouveau illustration inspired by Alphonse Mucha
It is advisable to suck 6 to 8 dragees a day and 2 to 4 dragees for children to let melt gently in the mouth.
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Box of cocaine lozenges
Menthol - Cocaïno - Boraté by the Pharmacist Holler in Maubeuge
Magnificent lid typical of Art Nouveau: 1900-1910
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Metal box of breath mints with cocaine
Box of Dr BENGUE Dragees
1920's
It is recommended to suck 8 to 10 lozenges per day, allowing them to melt in the mouth...
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Antique glass for Absinthe
Ref B
The twists on the glass are used to measure out the absinthe liquor and then pour the water over the sugar on the absinthe spoon on the glass to soften the bitterness of the drink.
Phenacetin
Antique pharmacy bottle
Phenacetin is one of the first synthetic antalgic and antipyretic (anti-fever) from the chemical industry, very widespread in pharmacies from the end of the 19th century until the second half of the 20th century.
EMPTY - The cap is blocked and does not open
Entomological box
Species: 5 Cymothoe sangaris butterflies from Centrafrica
Entomological box
Dimensions: 18.5x18.5cm
Entomological box
Species: 5 Junonia rhadama butterflies from Madagascar
Entomological box
Dimensions: 18.5x18.5cm
The Norwich Jubilee (1859) – First Edition Printed on Mummy Paper
A book printed on pages made from Egyptian mummy wrappings
First edition (1859) of The Norwich Jubilee printed on mummy paper.
Re-bound at a later date in full red cloth (percaline), complete with its folding color map and lithographs. With marbled edges. Originally issued in leather, cloth, or paper covers/wrappers.
This book traces the festivities of the bicentenary of Norwich in 1859 through its speeches, parades and local archives.
A 19th-century bibliophilic curiosity
Cape Porcupine peak - Hystrix africaeaustralis
Length from about 18 to 30 cm
Shorter peaks are thicker and more rigid, longer ones are thinner and more flexible.
Provenance: South Africa - CITES Status: Unprotected species, not listed in the CITES: sale and possession free and legal.
Coyote skull from Canada - Canis latrans
The Coyote is a canine species native to North America.
He is smaller than his close relative, the wolf who is closely related to him, but larger than a jackal.
Variable size, approx. 21-22cm.
All skulls are different - Illustration photo
All skulls are different in size, color, teeth etc... They are wild animals that have lived in freedom, so some skulls may have missing teeth or teeth that are worn, cracked or broken.
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
Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
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Teinture d'Arnica
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Rock Candy
Antique Apothecary Bottle of Rock Candy – Coopération Pharmaceutique Française (circa 1930–1940)
It comes from the former cellar-laboratory of a Parisian pharmacy. The bottles had remained untouched on the shelves since the late 1950s. The cellar served as a medical analysis laboratory and as a laboratory for the pharmacy's compounded preparations from 1900 until around 1950.
It still contains large crystals of rock candy (Saccharum candi), perfectly preserved.
Huile de ricin
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Huile camphrée
Antique pharmacy bottle
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Iodine dye
Antique pharmacy bottle
With the inscription Teinture d'Iode molded in glass
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Collodion
Used as a liquid dressing
Antique pharmacy bottle
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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
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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)
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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
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Carbonate de Potasse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Early 20th century (circa 1910 - 1920)
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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
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
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Welcome to the Cabinet Journals. Dive behind the scenes of our shop. Over time, you will discover the forgotten history of certain finds, historical context, and anecdotes about life at our cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Montmartre.
Specimen Origin - CITES Regulations & Legislation
All our natural history, osteology, and fauna specimens are rigorously selected in strict compliance with French, European, and CITES international regulations. Traceability, legality, and conservation are at the heart of our commitments.
Learn more about the origin and regulations of our specimens by clicking here
Tucked away in the courtyard behind our Montmartre boutique, our workshop handcrafts our entomological creations, officially labeled by the City of Paris since 2017.
Some of our pieces are unique or produced in small series. These items are the result of careful selection and our stock can be limited, so don't let them pass you by...
