Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements
1972-3
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Onza de Oro or Eight Scudos coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1778
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish
3500-1000
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Two washers
15/7/27
Two washers
15/7/27
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Earthenware dish
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Strigil hanger, bronze, Roman, from Luxor
20-400
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin
700-100 BCE; 1930-1950
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Persian pottery measure
circa 3000 BCE