La Belle Brocante

And American Chemistry Too!

Salt.

Baking Soda.

Iron Filings.

Humble elements aged to perfection.

 

French Chemistry

No, not that kind of chemistry ... though that would be nice too!

 

Vintage Apothecary Vials

Underneath your everyday exteriors (beautiful, handsome, and glamorous though they may be) lurk some serious creative muscles!

Pop down two posts, to the Back Streets of Stara Zagora, and read the tales of treasures and intrigue, of elixirs and adventures. They are delicious, each and every one.

You still have time to write your own ending. 

Hopefully a very small and very special person will cooperate long enough to pick a winner on Friday.

 

The Back Streets of Stara Zagora: A Contest

Lifted with silent fingers in the dead of night.

Direct from the loading dock of the Hospital Stoyan Kirkovich to the back streets of Stara Zagora.  

These glass receptacles move quickly on the black market in Bulgaria because _______________.

 

UPDATE: Won by Fleaing France. Gifted to Gail. Wee winnings also by George of Brooklyn, Jackie of Bliss Farm, and Alex Wijnen. All parcels are in the mail.

xoxo

Brocante Sale: Traveling Apothecary Cases

Hard leather case with a chunk torn out of one side of the flap. 6 Screw top metal vials approx. 3.25" tall. $50.

Soft leather case in beautiful shape. 8 vials, just under 4" tall, with screw top metal lids. Original labels and contents. $125.

Hard case of what appears to be fabric on cardboard. Quite sturdy. 3 metal screw top vials. 2 plastic screw top vials. All have original labels and contents. $75.

 

Antique Lab Glass and Apothecary Measures {2}

Teeny tiny porcelain measures to take your dosage just as the doctor ordered. 

Graduated cylinders and beakers for accurate dispensing of dubious liquids.

And when all else fails ... Dr. Rooke's Golden Ointment!

 

Vintage Swiss Apothecary Bottles

My, What Big Teeth You Have!

Antique science department skulls. A dog. A raccoon. Some mysterious herbivores.

Beautiful bottles. Hair oil. Poison. Nitric Acid. Asafetida.

 

Antique Laboratory Glass

Hand etched beakers and measures with dimples and bubbles. French pharmacie pots. Mouth blown apothecary bottles with worm eaten corks. Worn enamel plaques and wooden trays.

Bliss.

Tiny Toys

Molded composite doggy. Well loved. Missing most of his extremities.

Hand-made clay dice. Four sides pips. One side a letter. One side a thumb indent. Hand-carved chess piece.

Cast lead elephant. Doesn't he look like he could benefit from some camphor. forte?

Teeny Tiny die cast car. Similar to the one that a three year old Brocante Girl got jammed bumper-to-bumper in her mouth, scaring her poor Maman and Papa.

German babies. Well preserved. Sweet expressions. Rather chilly.

Painted cast metal horse and rider. In a hurry.