Antique Apothecary & Pharmacy Collectibles
At Old School Warehouse, we believe that antique apothecary and pharmacy collectibles represent a fascinating intersection of science, history, and art. Our collection is anchored by an extensive selection of authentic mortar and pestles, alongside rare medicines still preserved in their original paper packaging. These are not merely decorative items; they are the physical remnants of a time when medicine was a craft practiced with precision and care. We travel from New York to California, Chicago to Texas, to source these rare survivors from historic laboratories and century-old pharmacies, ensuring every piece offers a genuine connection to American medical history.
The aesthetic power of this collection lies in the contrast between rugged utility and delicate preservation. From the architectural gravity of heavy iron and stone mortar sets to the intricate hand-blown glass of cobalt, amber, and flint jars, our inventory is curated for its visual and historical weight. We specialize in sourcing items that serve as sophisticated statement pieces, providing an intellectual depth that mass-produced decor lacks. By maintaining the original patina and respecting the weathered textures of these tools, we offer a collection that bridges the gap between the functional laboratory past and a refined contemporary design aesthetic.
Because we prioritize authenticity and rare provenance, we have become a trusted source for Hollywood set designers, commercial curators, and discerning homeowners nationwide. Whether you are looking for a massive display of glass carboys or the rare, quiet detail of a medicine bottle in its original 19th-century wrapper, we provide the expertise to help you build a space that feels grounded and prestigious. When you source from our apothecary collection, you are doing more than decorating; you are preserving a chapter of scientific heritage. We provide the authenticity that visionaries demand and the history that makes a space truly unique.
VINTAGE RARE REXALL DRUG ENAMELED ADVERTISING SHOW GLOBE MINT 8" H Yellow
$125.00
Circa 1950's or early 60's Rexall Drug Show Globe This is a rare show globe possibly used for gifts and/or giveaways for advertising purposes~This Globe is in mint condition. The...
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G C Oval Eli Lily & Co Medicine Bottle
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$22.00
G C Oval - Eli Lily & Co Medicine Bottle
Phosphorus 1/2 full
2 3/4" Tall Pharmacy Bottle
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Vintage Coldmaster Pedriatic Cough Tablets Box Pills Cold Medicine Clown
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$45.00
Vintage Coldmaster Pedriatic Cough Tablets Box
Cardboard box with all cellophane wrapped pills
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Vintage Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Pills Medicine Box
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$40.00
Vintage Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Pills
Cardboard box with Pills and original insert
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Antique Cast Iron Mortar and Pestle #1
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$99.95
Antique 7" tall Cast Iron Mortar and Pestle Mortar is 7"T x 5 1/2"W x 5"D weight 7 lbs Pestle is 8 3/4"L weight 2 lbs This as well as...
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VINTAGE RARE REXALL DRUG ENAMELED ADVERTISING SHOW GLOBE MINT 8" H White
$125.00
Circa 1950's or early 60's Rexall Drug Show Globe This is a rare show globe possibly used for gifts and/or giveaways for advertising purposes~This Globe is in mint condition. The...
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Vintage Mallinckrodt Caffeine Citrated Medicine Bottle Pharmacy,Apothecary,
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$22.99
Vintage Mallinckrodt Caffeine Citrated Medicine Bottle
2 7/8"Tall bottle
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FULL Vintage Bukets Tin Medicine Kidney Aspirin Keller Company Mechanicsburg OH L
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$22.00
Vintage Bukets Tin Medicine Kidney Aspirin
Keller Company Mechanicsburg Ohio
Full box with paper insert
Measures 2 1/2"x 1 5/8"
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11.5" Handarbeit Apothecary Jar Vase Mel Album Pharmacy Druggist
$165.00
Vintage Handarbeit Apothecary Jar Mel Album Western Germany 11 1/2" Tall Beautiful condition No damage chips nicks etc. This and many other items we will be listing came from a large...
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11.5" Handarbeit Apothecary Jar Vase Sir Cerasor Pharmacy Druggist
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$175.00
Vintage Handarbeit Apothecary Jar Sir Cerasor 11 1/2" Tall Beautiful condition No damage chips nicks etc. This and many other items we will be listing came from a large 2nd owner...
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Vintage Spain Apothecary Jar O.Violarum 10.5" Pharmacy Druggist
$125.00
Vintage Spain Apothecary Jar O.Violarum 10.5" Tallx 5" Diameter Beautiful condition No damage chips nicks etc. This and many other items we will be listing came from a large 2nd owner...
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2- 7.5" Apothecary Jars Fol.Bellad & Nuxvomica/ Pharmacy /Medicine
$150.00
2 1950-60
Apothecary Jars
Fol.Bellad & Nuxvomica
each is 7 1/2" tall
Beautiful condition
no damage chips nicks etc.
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Vintage Italy Mortal Pestle "Chamaemelon"
$125.00
Vintage Mortal Pestle
"Chamaemelon"
Bottom Marked
M.1 P761
Italy
no cracks chips or nicks
Mortar measures 8"T x 6" Diameter
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Vintage Wood Carved Mortar and Pestle- lot of 2-Spain 1970's - #10
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$39.95
Lot of 2 Vintage Wood Carved Mortar and Pestle #10 This item is from a local Pharmacists personal collection It was a very large collection and several of the pieces...
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Vintage Mallinckrodt Medicine Jar Bottle Vintage Apothecary Pharmacy
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$25.00
Vintage Mallinckrodt Medicine Jar
Iron Carbonate
6 3/4"Tall
Full
Nice condition!
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Collodial Silver Iodine Parke Davis & Company Pharmacy Bottle
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$24.00
Collodial Silver Iodine
Neo-Silv
Parke Davis & Company Pharmacy Bottle
3 1/2" Tall
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Flint Eaton Co. Ferrolip Pharmacy Pill Bottle Decatur Ill
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$19.00
Flint Eaton Co. Ferrolip Pharmacy Pill Bottle
3 1/2" Tall
Full
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Antique V-J-O Acne Cream Jar / FULL/ Antique Bottle Medicine L
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$24.00
Sealed V-J-O Acne Cream Jar
full unused jar
V,J Chemical Company
Raliegh, NC
1 7/8"Tall x 2 1/" Diameter
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Antique Moone's Emerald Oil Medicine Bottle FULL
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$49.99
Antique Moone's Emerald Oil Medicine Bottle
full bottle
International Laboratories
Rochester NY 5 1/4"Tall
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Antique Blue Wyeth & Bro. Vichy Salt Bottle w/Dose Cap Sealed
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$45.00
Antique Blue Wyeth & Bro. Vichy Salt Bottle w/Dose Cap Full & Sealed Measures about 6 1/8"T with dose cap and cork sealed. Rubber ring under dose cap was brittle and...
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Lasch's Bitters Medicine Bottle Vintage Apothecary Pharmacy
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$75.00
Lasch's Bitters Medicine Bottle
9 1/2"Tall
1/2 full
Nice condition!
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5-Sinabel Cold Capsules Plastic Containers Mcfarlane Drug Lansing,MI
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$15.00
5- Sinabel Cold Capsules Plastic Containers
Mcfarlane Drug
Lansing,MI
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1900's Specific Medicines LLoyd Bros Medicine Bottle Pastilla
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$125.00
1900's Specific Medicines LLoyd Bros Pastilla Medicine Bottle with box
It is a little over 1/2 full and has original cork and paper label on cork
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1910 Walgreen Seidlitz Powders Antique Metal Tin
$26.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Walgreen's Seidlitz Powders, manufactured by the Walgreen Co. of Chicago, Illinois, is a fantastic and highly recognizable piece of early 20th-century drugstore Americana....
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Dr. Whetzel's Asthma Quick Relief Patent Medicine Tin
$28.00
This authentic antique lithographed metal tin for Dr. Whetzel's Quick Relief for Asthma is a premier, highly displayable artifact of early 20th-century patent medicine history. Featuring a bold mustard-yellow and...
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Exeller Boric Acid Antique Metal Tin
$32.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Exeller Boric Acid, manufactured by the Exeller Chemical Co. of Brooklyn, New York, is a fantastic and highly visual piece of mid-20th-century pharmaceutical...
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Seidlitz Powders Antique Metal Tin
$42.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Rexall Seidlitz Powders, distributed by the famous United Drug Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, is a wonderful and highly recognizable slice of early 20th-century...
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Sulphate of New York Quinine Chemical Company Antique Metal Tin
$52.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Sulphate of Quinine, manufactured by the famous New York Quinine & Chemical Works (NYQ), is an exceptional, museum-quality specimen of late 19th to...
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Choice Botanic Drug's Stillingia Root Parke, Davis Antique Metal Tin
$75.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Choice Botanic Drug's Stillingia Root (produced by the famous Parke, Davis & Co.) is an outstanding, highly collectible specimen of late 19th to...
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Parke Davis Choice Botanic Drug's Sweet Flag Root Antique Metal TIn
$125.00
This authentic antique metal lithographed tin for Choice Botanic Drug's Sweet Flag Root (produced by the famous Parke, Davis & Co.) is an outstanding, highly collectible specimen of late 19th...
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Choice Botanic Drug's Prickly-Ash Bark Metal Tin Parke Davis
$125.00
This authentic antique Parke, Davis & Co. metal lithographed tin for Choice Botanic Drug's Prickly-Ash Bark is an outstanding, highly collectible specimen of late 19th to early 20th-century herbal apothecary...
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Ma-le-na Stomach & Liver Pills bottle Quack Medicine
$34.00
This authentic antique cardboard box and bottle for Ma-le-na Stomach & Liver Pills is a wonderful, highly collectible piece of early 20th-century patent medicine history, manufactured by the Malena Company...
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Brown's Laxative Pills Antique Patent Medicine Box
$38.00
This authentic sealed antique cardboard packaging for Brown's Laxative Pills is a highly collectible and wonderfully preserved piece of late 19th-century patent medicine history, originally formulated by the notable Dr....
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Acker's English Pills Antique Patent medicine bottle
$43.00
This authentic antique unopened cardboard packaging with original bottle for Acker’s English Pills is an exceptional, highly collectible artifact of late 19th to early 20th-century patent medicine history, originally distributed...
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Van Wert's Liver Pellets Antique Patent Medicine
$42.00
This authentic antique sealed bottle & cardboard box for Dr. Van Wert’s Liver Pellets is an exceptional, beautifully preserved piece of late 19th to early 20th-century patent medicine history, manufactured...
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Dana's Liver & Kidney Pills Antique Patent Pills bottle
$35.00
Step back into the golden age of Victorian apothecary history with this exceptionally rare, museum-quality survivor of the late 19th-century American "quack medicine" boom. This original, stone-lithographed cardboard slide box...
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Stearns Headache Wafers Antique Patent Medicine
$34.00
An exceptional early 20th-century pharmaceutical collectible from Frederick Stearns & Co. of Detroit, Michigan. Highly sought after for its striking, bold green and orange typography, this original cardboard "SHAC" (Stearns'...
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Blair's Gout & Rheumatic Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$42.00
Step back into the golden age of Victorian apothecaries with this fascinating piece of medical history. Blair’s Gout & Rheumatic Pills were one of the most famous 19th and early...
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Jayne's Sanative Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$35.00
Stepping back into 19th-century American pharmaceutical history, this beautifully preserved box of Dr. D. Jayne's Sanative Pills is a stellar find for antique collectors. Produced by Dr. David Jayne of...
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Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy Antique Patent Medicine
$35.00
Stepping back into the peak of late 19th-century American homeopathy, this remarkably preserved box of Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy is a fantastic collector's find. Created by the eccentric and wildly successful...
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Diaparene Antiseptic Diaper Rinse Antique Patent Medicine
$6.00
Offering a unique look into mid-century American baby care and pharmaceutical history, this vintage box of Diaparene Antiseptic Diaper Rinse tablets is an exceptionally clean survivor. Produced by Breon Laboratories...
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Celery Medicine Co. Celery Nerve Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$30.00
Capturing a fascinating chapter of late 19th-century American apothecary history, this remarkably unused clean box of Celery Nerve Pills is a stellar survivor from the patent medicine era. Produced by...
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Dr. Herrick's Sugar Coated Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$65.00
Capturing the essence of 19th-century apothecary history, this remarkably preserved box of Dr. Herrick's Sugar Coated Pills is an outstanding survivor of the American patent medicine era. Marketed heavily under...
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Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$45.00
Originally formulated by William Wright and widely distributed by agent E. Ferrett in New York, these pills were among the earliest and most successful unregulated over-the-counter remedies in American history,...
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Giant Oxie Co. Oxien Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$32.00
Late 19th-century patent medicine history meets bold Victorian graphic design with this exceptionally clean box of Oxien Pills. Manufactured by the famous Giant Oxie Company of Augusta, Maine, these pills...
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Dilaxin Antique Patent Medicine
$5.00
Mid-century patent medicine history meets classic graphic design with this exceptionally clean box of Dilaxin Laxative Tablets. Originally marketed as a dependable digestive remedy, this pocket-sized vintage piece features an...
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Dr. Franck's Grains Of Health Antique Patent Medicine
$28.00
An incredible find for collectors, this original package of Dr. Franck's Grains of Health Laxative Pills carries the undeniable charm of early 20th-century patent medicine history. The unique cylindrical packaging...
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Dr. Burkhart's Vegetable Compound Antique Patent Medicine
$45.00
A turn-of-the-century patent medicine history meets classic graphic design with this exceptionally clean box of Dr. Burkhart's Vegetable Compound. Formulated by Dr. W.S. Burkhart in the late 1890s, this historic...
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