Pair Of Porcelain Apothecary Jars, Paris, Late 19th Century

Decorative containers with a distinctive faux-wood painted finish, accented with black trim and Gothic-style lettering on the labels.
Left jar: Larger, bearing the inscription "Opium"
Right jar: Smaller, bearing the inscription “Cocaïne”
Produced at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries or around the 1950s, substances such as opium and cocaine were commonly used in galenic and pharmaceutical preparations before modern restrictions were imposed.