Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC. Building Construction 2000-1001 BCE
Gold memento mori finger ring, set with a transparent stone shaped like a coffin which contains the image of a skeleton, band has an enamel inscription Memento mori ring Wellcome (general) 1728
Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Deruta, Italian, 1724 Votive earthenware plaque Medical Ceramic-ware 1724
Metal finger ring, circular, set with 4 small transparent stones and 1 large transparent coffin-shaped stone which contains the image of a skeleton, band bears champleve enamel inscription, 1728 Memento mori ring Wellcome (general) 1728
Stage forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730 Stage forceps Microscopes 1720-1730
Metal ring, circular, with a transparent square stone which contains hair, champleve enamelled inscription on band, 1722 Metal ring containing hair Wellcome (general) 1722
Object glass, 3rd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730 Object glass Microscopes 1720-1730
Hand forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730 Hand forceps Microscopes 1720-1730
Metal memento mori ring, set with a square transparent sonte, faceted, which contains a skull, band bears champleve inscription, 1727 Memento mori ring Wellcome (general) 1727