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Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

King George III

1720

Mezzotint portrait of John Theophilus Desaguliers

Peter Pelham

1725

Albarello vase decorated with scene of country villa

Medical Ceramic-ware

1725

Albarello vase decorated with country villa scene

Medical Ceramic-ware

1725

Model wagon, horse-drawn quarry truck

Railway Models

1730

Edmund Culpeper

1720

1728-1793, surgeon; anatomist, Scottish

Hunter, John

1728 - 1793

Wooden backstaff

Navigation

1730; 1967

Islamic horary quadrant, 1727-1728

Astronomy

1727-1728

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Acupuncture training model, China, 1725-1730

Asian Medicine

1725-1730

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Screw-barrel MIcroscope by Edmund Culpeper, 1728-1730

Microscopes

1728-1730

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Compound microscope made by Edmund Culpeper, 1720-30, Moorfields, London. Wooden frame and pasteboard and red leather tube with gold-coloured tooling. Complete with pyramid-shaped carry case, specimen slides and accessories.

Early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

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

Boxwood Coggeshall folding slide rule, 1720-1730.

Mathematics

1720-1730

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Metal momento mori finger ring, set with 1 large square transparent stone with a skull underneath, and a small square transparent stone either side of large stone, bears inscription on band, 1725

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1725

Palfijin obstetrical forceps, Europe, 1720-1730

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1720-1730

Object glass, 2nd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object glass, 2nd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

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

Microscope (c.1730), by EDMUND CULPEPER. Tripod le

Microscopes

1730

Powder-Tester (c. 1730), by GLEEVE. Brass barrel m

Experimental Chemistry

1730

Yard measure, engraved: "Navy Office Deptford 1730"

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Votive plaque, earthenware, tin glazed, from Deruta, Italian, 1724

Votive earthenware plaque

Medical Ceramic-ware

1724

Coal bushel, George II, 1730

Weighing & Measuring

1730

Microscope (c.1730), signed ED SCARLETT LONDON. Wi

Microscopes

1730

Microscope (c.1730), signed E. CULPEPER LONDINI. W

Microscopes

1730

Microscope (c.1730), by SCARLETT. Culpeper type, o

Microscopes

1730

Squat bronze mortar, 4 bulbous moulded ribs altern

Pharmacy-ware

1730

Stage forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Stage forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

Spy Glass (c.1730) ivory with screw focus

Optics

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

Shaving bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

1730

Rushlight and candle holder, iron

Lighting

c. 1720

Culpeper-Wilson compound microcope, made by Edmund

Microscopes

1730

Box, for screw barrel microscope

Optics

1728

Object glass, 3rd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Object glass, 3rd of 5, from very early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

Hand forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope, by Edmund Culpeper, England, 1720-1730

Hand forceps, from very early Culpeper microscope

Microscopes

1720-1730

Wooden snuff box, ovoid shaped, curved sides, silv

Smoking

1722

Six inch brass sector to the design of N. Goldman

Mathematics

1723

Astronomical circles with compass, brass diam, of

Time Measurement

1720

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

Clay tobacco pipe, incomplete, part of stem missin

Smoking

1720-1730

Horse-measuring stick by E. Newton, Grantham

Horse-measuring stick, 1720-1730

Weighing & Measuring

1720-1730

Gold memento mori finger ring, set with a transparent stone shaped like a coffin which contains an image of a skeleton band bears picture of skeleton in chambers, enamel on outside, engraved 'Jane Knipe obt 18 Jan 1724 cet 60 DM' on inside, 1724

Memento mori ring

Wellcome (general)

1724

Set of four sand-glasses, marked 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, an

Time Measurement

1720

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE