Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.
2500 BCE
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Lead-glazed earthenware albarello
1736
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Iron Weight
1910-130
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
One grano coin
1736
Guinea coin of George II
1736
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Medal, silver, obverse strike only
1676; 1840-1865
Medal commemorating Reneaulme de Lagaranne
1736
Copper(?) medal, of the Paris Medical School, comm
1736
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford
1772
Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age
8500-2000 BCE
Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Twelve German jetons, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1978
Two wooden printing blocks
1800-1600
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire
1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)
Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine
1791-3
Winding handle for spindle moulder
1791-3
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350