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Category
Collection
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Place of origin
Archive
Date

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (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

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

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

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

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

Plaster cast, Dr Joseph Black

1807

Plaster mould, male profile

1807

Oval mould encased in piece of French chalk

1807

Reproduction in alabaster, "Dr Black 1807 Scr."

1807

Reproduction in boxwood, "Dr Black 1808 Scr."

1807

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Joseph Wright

1807

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Silk playbill for Newcastle Theatre Royal, 30 January 1856

1856-01

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