Vintage amber glass pharmaceutical bottle from Établissements Poulenc Frères, with its original paper label for "Sodium Methylarsinate". Beautiful illustrated label with exhibition medals (Paris 1878, 1889, 1900, London, Vienna...), trademark of Poulenc Frères chemical products in Paris.
Sodium methylarsinate (an organo-arsenic compound) was listed in the 1908 Codex and was used in certain medical preparations in the early 20th century. The label bears the mention "Dangerous" as well as the preserved upper guarantee stamp, characteristic of regulated pharmaceutical packaging of that period.
✦ Estimated period: Early 20th century (circa 1908-1920) ✦ Provenance: Établissements Poulenc Frères, Paris ✦ Dimensions: approx. 13.5 × 5 cm ✦ Material: Amber glass, printed paper label ✦ Condition: Good overall condition, traces of use and age, original label well preserved with small signs of age. Original stopper present with preserved guarantee band.
Vintage Poulenc Frères laboratory and pharmacy bottle, an interesting testament to French pharmaceutical history and early 20th-century chemical preparations.
