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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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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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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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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D. Weeks & Co. "Week's Tablets" Patent Medicine Box 1920
$25.00
Add a classic piece of antique pharmacy history to your collection with this original box of Week's Tablets for Headaches and Neuralgia. Manufactured by D. Weeks & Company out of...
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Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets / Tonic Ceramic Sample Bottle & Cork
$32.00
A wonderful piece of turn-of-the-century medical history! This authentic vintage Dr. Edwards’ Tonic (formerly known as Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets) ceramic sample container features its original printed paper label and...
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D. Weeks & Co. Laxative Cold Tablets Box
$28.00
Add a standout piece of early 20th-century pharmaceutical advertising to your collection with this original box of "Weeks" Laxative Cold Tablets, manufactured by D. Weeks & Company out of Des...
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Corax Analgesic & Laxative Medicine Box – McKesson & Robbins Collectible
$28.00
Add a unique piece of early-to-mid 20th-century pharmaceutical advertising to your collection with this original box of Corax Analgesic & Laxative Tablets manufactured by McKesson & Robbins, Inc. (New York...
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Quinlax Cold Tablets Apothecary Patent Medicine
$26.00
Add a distinctive piece of early-to-mid 20th-century pharmaceutical history to your collection with this authentic vintage box of Quinlax Cold Tablets. Produced during the classic era of patent remedies and...
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Bliss Dysepsia Capsules Antique Patent Medicine
$45.00
Step back into early 20th-century patent medicine history with this authentic original cardboard box and insert for Bliss Dyspepsia Capsules, manufactured by The Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Company (Washington, D.C.)....
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Carter's Little Iron Pills Compound
$24.00
Add an iconic piece of 19th and 20th-century patent medicine history to your collection with this original Carter’s Little Iron Pills Compound item. Best known for their famous "Carter's Little...
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Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Tablets
$52.00
Step back into the golden age of American patent medicine with this authentic vintage box and glass bottle set of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Tablets. Formulated and sold by the...
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Heneph's Laxative Quinine Compound Antique Patent Medicine
$32.00
Add a classic piece of 1920s–1930s patent medicine history to your collection with this authentic original box of Heneph’s Laxative Quinine Compound Cold Tablets. Manufactured by The Heneph Corporation in...
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Pape's Cold Compound Antique Patent Medicine
$15.00
Original vintage Pape’s Cold Compound cylindrical box. A classic piece of early 1900s Cincinnati patent medicine history with original top label directions for headache and neuralgia. A great addition to...
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Pape's Cold Compound Antique Patent Medicine
$15.00
Add a classic piece of early 20th-century patent medicine history to your collection with this original cardboard container of Pape’s Cold Compound (Pape, Thompson & Pape Co., Cincinnati, Ohio). Aggressively...
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Lane's Tablets Analgesic & Laxative
$26.00
Add a vibrant piece of early-to-mid 20th-century drug store history to your collection with this original box of Lane’s Tablets (Analgesic & Laxative). During the heyday of American patent remedies,...
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Lane's Cold Tablets Laxative Antique Patent Medicine
$28.00
Add an authentic piece of early-to-mid 20th-century pharmaceutical history to your collection with this original box of Lane’s Cold Tablets Laxative. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, "laxative...
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Page's Inhalers Cigarettes Antique Patent Medicine
$55.00
Step back into medical history with this fascinating collectible: an authentic original box of Page’s Inhalers (medicated cigarettes). Unused Long before modern pressurized spray inhalers were invented in the 1950s,...
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Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Antique Patent Medicine
$36.00
Step back into early 20th-century patent medicine history with this authentic vintage box and glass vial of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Originally created in Haarlem, Netherlands, in the late...
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Kodol Dysepsia Tablets Antique Patent Medicine
$45.00
Step back into early 20th-century pharmaceutical history with this authentic vintage box for Kodol Dyspepsia Tablets, manufactured by E.C. DeWitt & Co. (Chicago & New York). Elden C. DeWitt was...
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Ki-Moids For Indigestion Antique Patent Medicine
$28.00
Original vintage Ki-Moids For Indigestion collectible tin from Scott & Bowne. Features classic early 1900s typography and green/yellow lithographed advertising. A fantastic piece of early American drug store history, perfect...
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Glasco Products Lucas Ear Douche
$35.00
Original vintage Glasco Products Lucas Ear Douche with its original orange box. Features classic mid-century medical branding and glass return-flow irrigation design. A fascinating artifact of early healthcare and apothecary...
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Rexall Laxative Cold Tablets Antique Patent Medicine
$28.00
Add a classic piece of early-to-mid 20th-century Americana to your collection with this authentic Rexall Laxative Cold Tablets item. Distributed by the iconic United Drug Company (Boston, Mass.), Rexall remedies...
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Dr. Pierce's Irontic Tablets Antique Patent Medicine
$65.00
Step back into the golden age of American patent medicine with this authentic vintage piece: Dr. Pierce’s Irontic Tablets. Produced in Buffalo, NY, by the World’s Dispensary Medical Association under...
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Booth’s Hyomei Antiseptic Antique Patent Medicine
$22.00
Step back into the golden age of Victorian-era respiratory "quack" remedies with this authentic, antique Booth’s Hyomei Antiseptic container. Originally developed in the late 19th century by the R.T. Booth...
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Pond's Tablet Digestans Antique Patent Medicine
$21.00
Add a wonderful piece of early 20th-century drugstore history to your collection with this authentic, antique Pond's Tablet Digestans pocket tin. Produced by Pond's Pharmacal Co. out of New York,...
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Dr. Guild's Green Mountain Asthmatic Compound
$45.00
Step back into the fascinating history of 19th-century respiratory quack medicine with this authentic, antique trial package box for Dr. Guild's Green Mountain Asthmatic Compound. Originally formulated in 1869 by...
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Humphrey's Specific Homeopathic Remedies
$255.00
Capture a premium centerpiece of 19th-century medical history with this authentic, antique Humphrey's Specific Homeopathic Remedies Doctor's Pocket Case. Established by Dr. Frederick Humphreys in New York during the 1850s,...
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Wells & Richardson's Co's Wills English Formula Pills
$18.00
Add a premium piece of 19th-century apothecary history to your collection with this authentic, antique box of Wells & Richardson Co.'s Wills English Formula Pills. Manufactured in Burlington, Vermont, these...
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Dr. Morses Indian Root Pills Antique Patent Medicine
$17.00
Bring a classic piece of American quack medicine history into your collection with this authentic, antique Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills packaging. First formulated in 1854 and manufactured by the...
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Partola Antique Patent Medicine
$22.00
Step back into the era of early 20th-century traveling medicine shows with this authentic, antique Partola Patent Medicine Tin. Famous for its unforgettable marketing slogan, "The Doctor in Candy Form,"...
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Rexall Cold Tablets Special Medicine Tin
$32.00
Add a classic piece of apothecary and pharmaceutical history to your collection with this authentic vintage container of Rexall Cold Tablets Special, distributed by the United Drug Company (Boston–St. Louis)....
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Anglo-French Drug Co. Stannoxl Antique Patent Medicine
$36.00
Step back into early 20th-century pharmaceutical history with this authentic vintage packaging set for Stannoxyl Tablets, developed by Laboratoires Robert & Carrière (Paris) and distributed by The Anglo-French Drug Co....
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Marshall's Cigarette Cubebs Antique Patent Medicine unused
$48.00
Step back into the history of early American medicine with this rare collectible: an authentic original box of Dr. Marshall’s Prepared Cubeb Cigarettes. Long before modern respiratory inhalers, "cubeb cigarettes"...
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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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