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Pharmacy storage jar for Blessed Thistle Water, Italy, 1702

Medical Ceramic-ware

1702

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
The outer gold case has been hand chased in a basket-work pattern, and gives the appearance of an engine-turned finish. Inner case plain gold. Hallmarked for London, 1702 – 3. Gold champlevé dial with sunk repoussé name plaque signed 'Gretton, London' in centre. Steel hands. Verge escapement. The top pivot hole of the verge was once jewelled with a pierced ruby, mounted in a silver (although this probably was not original to the watch). Signed ‘Charles Gretton London’.

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

Clockmakers

1702

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Nocturnal

Time Measurement

1702

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello, labelled, "PIL A

Medical Ceramic-ware

1702

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Small bronze bell-shaped mortar, wide flared rim,

Pharmacy-ware

1702

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Trade card: J. Harris

.Unattributed

1702
1702/1705-1762, sculptor, French

Roubiliac, Louis-François

1702 - 1762
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Excavated middle bronze age, mandible showing ground teeth and periostitis, Welsh, 1750-1251BC

Human Jaw Bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1750-1250 BCE
Earthenware storage jar, polychrome, decorated with scene of St. George killing the dragon, for storing blessed thistle water, from Castelli, Italian, 1702

Earthenware storage jar, polychrome, decorated wit

Medical Ceramic-ware

1702
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE
Trade card: John Rowley, under St Dunstan's-Church in Fleet Street. 1702. Mathematical Instrument-Maker. An advertising testimonial to Rowley, signed by John Harris. (Calv. 326) (C.C. 129)

Trade card: John Rowley

.Unattributed

1702