Antique wooden advertising crate for Gallia / Ch. Gervais infant milk concentrate

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.

Period: Circa 1947–1955

Antique wooden advertising case for Mont Blanc - Rumilly condensed milk - Drawer

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc. 

This box is no longer just a transport container, it has been adopted as a piece of furniture.

Period: Circa 1920–1940

Antique wooden advertising case for Nestlé concentrated infant milk

Found in Parisian cellars that served as laboratories and storage rooms for pharmacists preparing their masterful concoctions from 1900 to 1950.

It was used to store products, glass bottles, etc.

Period: Circa 1910–1930

Large Neo-Renaissance chased brass altar candle holder from the 19th century

Candelabra 59cm - Candle holder

Height 59cm Weight: 2.4kg

Stramonium - Poison - Pharmacy ointment jar

Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary vial 

Also known as devil's weed, angel's trumpet, madman's herb or devil's herb

Its absorption (ingestion or inhalation) causes hallucinations, abnormal behaviour, mental confusion, amnesia, delirium, sometimes leading to coma and then cardiac and respiratory arrest

Beautiful POISON labels with skull and crossbones and Poisonous Substance from the 1908 Codex

EMPTY

Antique ‘Stop-Fire’ fire extinguisher - Circa 1925

Unlike standard painted sheet metal models, this enamelled steel ‘Stop-Fire’ fire extinguisher is an industrial design piece from the Roaring Twenties, between the two world wars.

It features a magnificent logo with stylised flames, whose shades of yellow and red have retained all their vibrancy.

Height: 54.5cm - Diameter: 12cm - Weight: 6.5kg - STILL FULL

DO NOT USE - FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES ONLY

No shipping - Pick-up in store

Tripod Torch Holder with Coat of Arms - Napoleon III-era Troubadour style in brass

This style, known as ‘Troubadour style’, reintroduced fantastical animals and medieval imagery into the decorative arts. 

19th century

Sold without candle

Large brass candlestick - Candleholder

20th century

Height 42cm Weight: 1.65kg

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – A Comprehensive Treatise on Botany

L’Herbier des Demoiselles (1857) – Complete Treatise on Botany

At a time when botany was considered the ultimate art of living, this book taught young women, known as demoiselles, how to collect plants, classify flowers, and understand the mysteries of nature with a unique sensitivity.

Illustrated with numerous vignettes, many of them romantic in nature.

By Edmond Audouit

Box of Cocaine Menthol Borate Lozenges

From THEVENOT Laboratories in Dijon

From the 1900s to the 1950s, it was common to find cocaine as an ingredient in certain lozenges, particularly those used to treat throat ailments.

SOLD EMPTY

Floral Candelabra - Chiselled Brass and Painted Flowers - Circa 1900 - Candlestick

Late 19th century - Early 20th century: Belle Époque / Art Nouveau: 1895-1910

Sold without candles

19th century oil or paraffin lamp stand

Late 19th century, Neo-Renaissance style from the Napoleon III period

Made in Babbitt metal

Can be used as a support, pedestal or candle holder