New pendants for men

Atelierul de istorie continues  the shopping season offers with a new lot of jewelry items for men. The pendants are made of charms (bronze elements in general) and other other silver, bone, wood, semi-precious stone and glass beads, all on natural leather strings. The aspect is vintage, inspired by the jewelry items worn by ancient warriors.

Pendant for men with central element inspired by the sica, the curve dagger of the Dacian and Thracian warriors

Pendant made of recycled glass and animal antler

pendant made of bronze leaf and wooden beads

 

Homeopathy, Transylvania and precious metals

Samuel Hahnemann, founder of homeopathy, was active in Sibiu / Hermannstadt between 1777 and 1779, as physician, librarian and secretary of Baron Samuel von Brukenthal, Governor of Transylvania. A rich collection of homeopathic small chests, bottles and prescriptions is understandably presented at the History of Pharmacy Museum of that Saxon town in Transylvania. The Gold and gems exhibition at the second such collection in Transylvania, the one in Cluj-Napoca, includes two apothecary bottles for dilutions of gold and silver, used to cure various disorders, especially mental ones. The exhibits are part of a nineteenth-century homeopathic set. Aurum met(allicum) was used in the treatment of many conditions, mostly mental disorders such as depression. Argentum nitr(icum) was used as disinfectant, against nervousness and women’s problems.

Precious apothecary ingredients

The new temporary exhibition at the History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj, entitled "Gold and gems", is actually about many other interesting fact about the history of pharmacy, alchemy and snobbery. It tells the story of gold, silver, and gem powder as universal medicines, of the advantages of gilding or silvering pills, of black epileptic powders that contained precious red coral, mother of pearl and crushed narwal tusk, of alcoholic tonics that contained saffron and flecks of gold, but also of ingredients making reference to precious metals, such as Orpiment (arsenic yellow powder) and the Golden citrus (bitter orange).

Don't miss the exhibition that will be open until the end of this year.

Cordial waters contained saffron and flecks of gold

Crocus sativus or Saffron Crocus, the most expensive of spices, reaching the price of gold

The Gold Pigment - Orpiment

Gold leaf and Avicenna's pills

Gold and silver uses in homeopathy - a theory born in Transylvania

 

 

Gold and gems at the pharmacy

The official poster of the next temporary exhibition at the History of Pharmacy Collection in Cluj-Napoca is here! The "Gold and Gems" glamorous display focuses on precious materials used as apothecary ingredients, such as gold, silver, pearls, coral, precious and semi-precious stones, but visitors will also be able to learn more about cordial waters, gilded pills, alembics, alchemy and ... gold-lying hens!

The exhibition will be open on September 1st and will last until the end of 2016. See it in Unirii Square 28.