Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris
Second Empire (1852-1870)
Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles, House of the Perfumer VIOLET in Paris
Solidified cold-cream soap for toilet and bath use
Prepared by Violet, perfumer and soap maker
The box features the imperial coat of arms of Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, represented by a bee, as Maison Violet was the official supplier to the House of Empress Eugenie under the Second Empire, as well as to numerous European royal courts.
A la Reine des Abeilles was a great perfumery and luxury soap house from its creation in 1827 until 1955 when the brand disappeared. But a young trio of entrepreneurs has just woken the house from its slumber since 2017 with the launch of new fragrances.
The box is empty
Dimensions: 16.3x8.7cm
In good condition
Illustration photos, all the boxes are identical but also all slightly different with the passage of time
Antique preparation slide for microscope - OPTICO
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Grindelia Tincture
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Metal box of breath mints with cocaine
Cocaïne box from 1920/1930's
L'Albert Moderne ou nouveaux secrets éprouvées et licites - Grimoire book of 1768
by Pons Augustin Alletz
Published by Veuve Duchesne, Bookseller rue St Jacques, Au temple du Goût
Mineraline by Dr C. Baud
Antique tin pharmacy box
Powder or talcum powder for children's toiletries
Blé empoisonné - Poisoned wheat
Empty tube - Antique vial
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
19th century Herbalist's or Pharmacy crystal jar
Iris
First aid kit for the healing of snake bites
Made by a pharmacist from Limoges, Michel LEGROS
Beautiful snake illustration on the aluminium box
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Benzine rectifiée
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - 1753
Antique and Illustrated Pharmacopoeia
By Moyse CHARAS
This book contains all the plants, minerals and animals that went to make up the remedies used in those days. Some of them are quite surprising to our modern eyes.
Antique brown glass bottle with integrated pipette - Ref B
Apothecary - Pharmacy
The pipettes have either been broken or shortened because they are too short
Museum jar - Wet specimen
Scorpion (Butus occitanus)
Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris
Second Empire (1852-1870)
