

Soap box - A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris - Second Empire
Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris
Second Empire (1852-1870)
Description
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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
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle - Antique medicine...
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Mixture 2153 - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Mixture 2153
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany - Pharmacy jar -...
Racine de Ratanhia - Para Rhatany
Pharmacy jar - Herbalism - Apothecary bottle
Resyl - Soluble guaiacolic glycerol ether - Syrup -...
Antique pharmacy glass bottle
Resyl - Soluble guaiacolic glycerol ether - Syrup
Apothecary - Pharmacy
Sparteine sulphate - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
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
Calabrette - Antique tin medicine box
Calabrette - Delicious pectoral liquorice
Antique tin medicine box
Empty
Antique surgical board from Benjamin Bell's Complete...
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Antique surgical board from Benjamin Bell's Complete...
Antique surgical board
From Benjamin Bell's Complete Course in Surgery, published in 1796
Balsamum Fioravanti - Balm of Fioravanti - Antique...
Antique pharmacy bottle from the 19th century
Balsamum Fioravanti - Balm of Fioravanti
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of...
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Traité de Chirurgie - By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay -...
A Treatise on Surgery
By Dr Reclus and Dr Duplay
Antique illustrated book from 1891
Volume 4
Noirot Extract - Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Noirot Extract
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Beautiful reflections in the glass
19th century portable pharmacy - Wooden apothecary cabinet
19th century portable pharmacy - Wooden apothecary cabinet
Travel pharmacy
Pharmacopée royale galénique et chymique - By Moyse...
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.

Empty soap box
A la Reine des Abeilles- Perfumer VIOLET - Paris
Second Empire (1852-1870)