Sammlerobjekte

18th century | 15, 20 cm (height) | Painted wood | "SEM NIGR": probably short for the Latin "Semen Nigrum," meaning "black seeds." This suggests t...

18th century | 15 - 19 cm (height) | Painted wood | "Secale Cornutum": which refers to ergot, a fungus growing on rye, historically used for vario...

18th century | 14 cm (height) | Painted wood | "SACHAR. SATURN.": this term refers to "Saturn sugar," which is an old name for lead acetate (plumb...

18th century | 18 cm (height) | Wood painted, restored | Containers with inscriptions such as "LUMIA", "SPECULUM", "RHEUM" and "ASSULMIN" were pro...

18th century | 14 - 19 cm (height) | Painted wood | "LB: MARIVER": probably refers to a medical or pharmaceutical product, the exact composition o...

18th century | 20 cm (height) | Painted wood | "GUMI MYRRH. refers to myrrh resin. Myrrh (myrrh) is a natural resin that is often used in medicine...

18th century | 13 - 23 cm (height) | Painted wood | "LB: MARIVER": probably refers to a medical or pharmaceutical product, the exact composition o...

First half of the 19th century | 13 - 18 cm (height) | Wood with painted inscriptions | "BOLUS RUBR": probably refers to the red clay (bolus) that...

First half of the 19th century | 13 - 18 cm (height) | Wood with painted inscriptions | "RADIX GENTIAN.": bitter root container, used in tradition...

19th century | 19 cm (height) | Fruit wood, painted inscriptions | "GAL: TURCI:": which refers to "Galla Turcica" or Turkish gorse extract, which ...

19th century | 14 - 18 cm (height) | Boxwood screw boxes | Some of these containers contain glass stands that may have been used to store liquids ...

19th century | 20 cm (height) | Fruit wood, painted inscriptions | "LACCA IN GLOB.": probably refers to a lacquer (lacquer gum) that was used in v...

19th century | 13 - 19 cm (height) | Wood with painted inscriptions | "ALUMINUM: SULFURIC:": refers to aluminum sulfate, commonly used in the phar...

19th century | 11, 17, 30 cm (height) | Wood | They were probably used to store herbs, powders or other pharmaceutical preparations. Their shape a...

19th century | 13 - 19 cm (height) | Painted wood | "PULV. FUMALIS Dris. ENGEL.": refers to the powder of Fumaria officinalis (comfrey) according ...

19th century | 20 (height) | Wood, paper labels | "CARYOPHILL. RUB.": refers to the dried fruits of cloves (Caryophyllus aromaticus), which were u...

19th century | 15 - 18 cm (height) | Wood, painted inscriptions | "RAD. SALEP. PULV.": refers to the powder of the root of salep (Orchis mascula),...

19th century | 14 cm (height) | Wood, painted inscriptions | "PULV. TRAGAC.": refers to tragacanth powder (Tragacanth), which has been used as a t...

19th century | 13 cm (height) | Wood, hand painted inscriptions | "PULV. 'ULN": probably refers to a powdered substance, part of the name being il...

Around year 1900 | 14 cm (height) | Painted wood | "PILL: LAXANT:": refers to pills with a laxative effect that were used to aid digestion and rel...