
Art Nouveau candlestick in bronze - XIXth century
Art Nouveau candlestick in bronze
Leaves, bunches of grapes and snail motifs
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century
Floroscope - Brass insectoscope - pocket microscope
These small microscopes, also known as Floroscopes or botanist's microscopes, were sold in France from the 1850s to the 1930s.
These small pocket microscopes, made of brass and glass lenses, enabled rapid observation of insects, small minerals, flowers etc. in nature.
The ingenious thing about them is that they are made up of 2 parts:
The first, for observations requiring low magnification, is a biconvex lens mounted on an openwork cylinder. The lens is placed on the object to be magnified.
The second, for magnifications of over ten times, is the Stanhope lens. The Stanhope lens is very rudimentary, consisting of a glass cube, prism or cone with a flat surface.
The needle shown here (not original) was used to pierce the object or insect to be observed and placed under the simple lens.
Late 19th - early 20th century
Perfect for any self-respecting budding entomologist!
Height unfolded: 7cm Closed: 5cm Diameter: 2.6cm
Here's an illustration of what this floroscope looked like in a period advertisement:
(Source: The Compendium - www.lecompendium.com)
Art Nouveau candlestick in bronze
Leaves, bunches of grapes and snail motifs
Late 19th century - Early 20th century
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Soft coral Alcyonium palmatum
Essence de Mélisse
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Gum arabic
Antique pharmacy bottle with bakelite cap
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Antique jar for wet specimen storage
Size S
Entéropathyl
Antique remedy
Cylindrical cardboard box
EMPTY
Sparteine sulphate
Used as a tonic for nervous syndromes at the very beginning of the 20th century, sparteine was also used to facilitate morphine withdrawal.
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Some product left inside
Chlorate de Sodium / Chlorate de Soude
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Noirot Extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Beautiful reflections in the glass
Senna tincture
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Antique pharmacy bottle from the 19th century
Balsamum Fioravanti - Balm of Fioravanti
Box of Cocaine tablets
Houdé Laboratories
Still contains its original blotting paper
EMPTY
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Floroscope
Botanist's microscope
Pocket microscope Late 19th - early 20th century