Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Volume 3: from 1962 to 1971

Volume 4 of 4 available from these official registers, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy in Paris

Volume 3: from 1953 to 1962

Volume 3 of 4 available from these official registers, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Prescription book of the Berthier Pharmacy (Successor to Sacquépée) - PARIS

Volume 2: 1949 to March 1953

Volume 1 of 4 available from these official records, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

Prescription Book of the Sacquépée Pharmacy - PARIS

Volume 1: French Liberation Period - 7 May 1945 to March 1946

Volume 1 of 4 available from these official records, originating from a former Parisian pharmacy, which trace twenty-five years of medical history, from the Liberation to the 1970s. Far from being ceremonial documents, these prescription books are authentic working tools, marked by the urgency of everyday life and the evolution of pharmaceutical science.

You are purchasing 1 volume, not all 4 volumes

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