Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
Box from a collection from the 1930's by a pharmacist in Central France and kept in the attic of the pharmacy.
The box is made of light wood (fir?) and almost always has a handwritten label with the name in French and Latin, as well as the classification, but sometimes the label is missing.
Contents: seeds, leaves, bark, roots, tubers, petals, flowers, gum, resin, mushrooms, lichen, moss etc...
Various sizes between 3.5cm (small size S), 4.5cm (medium size M) ,6.5cm (large size L) - Not all boxes are exactly this size.
As the collection comprises 199 samples, it is impossible to list it here. You will receive a random box. Surprise on arrival!
Pyramidon
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary vial
Color pigments have been added to the inside of the jar
Alcool dénaturé - Alcool à brûler
Denatured alcohol - Methylated spirits
Antique pharmacy bottle - Apothecary
Empty
American mint alcohol
Antique pharmacy bottle
REVEL mint alcohol in Lyon
Antique pharmacy bottle
86° alcohol!
Antique pharmacy jar: Sodium bicarbonate and Gold Flower tablets
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Antique pharmacy jar: Illicium verum (Fruit) / Star anise
Glass pharmacy bottle - XIXth century
Antique bezoar - Antipoison - Antidote
Once sold by the apothecary, bezoar, also known as gallstone, was reputed to have the same anti-poison properties as the legendary unicorn's horn, hence its excessively high price, also due to its great rarity.
An important piece in a cabinet of curiosities
Sold alone - Without stand, sold separately
Horseradish syrup
Grams / Tablespoons - Graduated bottle
in French: Grammes / Cuillères à soupe
Antique medicine bottle
Apothecary
Crin de Florence - Antique suture thread
Catgut
Natural suture thread obtained from the caterpillar of the Bombyx mori butterfly.
Needle - Dr. Léon Finelle's trocar in its case
Early 20th century
Anatomie de L'Homme - circa 1845
Volume 4 Atlas: Apparatus of nutrition - Angelology - Organs of circulation and respiration
Followed by his Atlas in black and white
By Dr. Bourgery and illustrator Jacob
Arthritose
Antique pharmacy bottle
Apothecary
Syringe for antidiphtheria serum: Dr Roux's method
Metal box containing a syringe - Early 20th century
Non-functional - No needle
Clef de Garengeot - Dental key - German key
Marked WAHL Nancy
In use from the 19th century to the 1930s
19th century pharmacy display blue jar
Blown glass
Straight column brass microscope with rack and pinion
19th century or early 20th century
In its wooden case with swivel mirror
Antique wooden box for herbal medicine - Samples of plants, seeds, bark etc.
