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Table fork, silver plated, Great Western Railway, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1894; plain, with GWR interlocked monogram on handle. Overall: 22 mm x 189 mm x 23 mm, 0.05 kg.

Silver plated table fork, Great Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

1894

Page eight from photographic album of Kodak circular snapshots, polo match taken by an unknown photographer 1894.

Kodak Circular Snapshots

Photographs

1894

Elegant apparatus said to be an air purifier, presented to Pope Leo 13th, cased, French, 1894, Gisors, Paris, France

Elegant apparatus said to be an air purifier, pres

Surgery

1894

Circular, silver-plated bronze medal commemorates The Danish novelist Vilhelm Bergsoe and his book "Piazza del Del popolo", designed by S.Lindahl, Danish(?) 1894

Circular, silver-plated bronze medal commemorates

Wellcome Medals

1894

Prize medal, silver 47mm, issued by the Catholic University School of Medicine, Ireland, awarded to P.O'G. Lalor, for medical jurisprudence, 1894

Prize medal, silver 47mm, issued by the Catholic U

Wellcome Medals

1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress, Rome, 1894, by A.O. Ing. Johnson, Italy, 1894

Bronze medal to commemorate the 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

White metal medal commemorating 500th anniversary of exploits of Don Henrique by Molarinho, Spanish or Portuguese, 1894

White metal medal commemorating 500th anniversary

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, 11th International Medical Congress, showing Aesculapius, Rome, 1894, by A.G. Johnson Inc.

Medal, 11th International Medical Congress, showin

Wellcome Medals

1894

Optimus camera made by Perken, Son and Co. Folding bellows box camera for 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 plates. Euryscope rapid detective lens f8-32, F:4 1/2". Thornton-Pickard TI shutter 15-90/sec. Rack and pinion focussing. Swing back. With three wooden double darkslides. (M 4165)

Optimus Camera Deluxe

Photographic Technology

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 1 dr. (Avoirdupois), by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 2lbs Tr. by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Set of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 56 lbs to 1/2 dram, (avoirdupois) by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Set of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weig

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Wollaston's cryophorus, by J. J. Griffin & Sons, London, England, 1894.

Wollaston's Cryophorus, 1894

Heat

1894

Solid body stereocamera for 45x105mm plates. Two fixed apertures RR type lensess. Guillotine shutter, slow, fast and time settings. Reflecting finder and small tubular finder with graticule line. Push-pull plate changer. Blued brass. No 4623.

Richard Verascope camera, early model

Photographic Technology

c. 1894

Specimen bottle of strophanthus seeds, South Africa, dated 1894

Specimen bottle of strophanthus seeds, South Afric

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1894

Mounted black & white print of Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive no. 1241 in ex-works condition, taken at Horwich Works. The locomotive was built in July 1894.

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway F19 0-6-0 goods locomotive (supplied title)

Photographic Collections (Railway)

c. 1894

Relief plaster cast of plaque, Photo Club de Paris, 1984, framed and glazed

Relief Plaster Cast of Plaque, Photo Club de Paris

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1894

Harrison and Dodd's lever and crank gear, with sun and planet elliptical wheels, for cycles, 1894. Patented by J. Harrison and J. Dodd in 1894. Purchased from The Elliptical Cycle Co., Ltd., Peterborough. Maker not indicated although possibly Elliptical.

Harrison and Dodd's lever and crank gear for cycles

Road Transport

1894

Magnetarium by Wilde, 1894

Terrestrial Magnetism

1894

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Watt balance, No.363, by James White, Glasgow, in glazed metal case with box of weights and fittings

Watt balance, No.363, by James White, Glasgow, in

Electricity and Magnetism

1894

Vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies by the Royal College of Physicians, English, 10th May, 1894

Vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies

Surgery

1894

Copper medal cased to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Hamburg and its Burgermeister in 1894, Dr.J. Versmann, Germany, 1894

Copper medal cased to commemorate the 500th annive

Wellcome Medals

1894

Pocket hypodermic syringe, glass and nickel plated brass, reputedly by Wood, York, 1894

Pocket hypodermic syringe, glass and nickel plated

Therapeutics

1894

Bronze medal to commemorate Utrecht University, by Begeer, Netherlands, 1894

Bronze medal to commemorate Utrecht University, by

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th Medical Congress in Rome, 1894, made by Johnson, Milan, Italy, 1894.

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th Medical Con

Wellcome Medals

1894

Pendant, bronze medal, with design, a reproduction of Antonius Pius (130-143 A.D.) medal, by Angelo Cappucio and Stephano Johnson, Milan, commemorating 11th International Medical Congress in Rome, Italian, 1894

Pendant, bronze medal, with design, a reproduction

Wellcome Medals

1894

Bronze medal, to commemorate Dr. Wilhelm Berckh and the 250th anniversary of the Pernesische-Blumenorden Medical Xchool (?), of which he was president. Made by Ludwig Christoph Lauer, Nuremberg, Germany, 1894.

Medal for Dr. Wilhelm Berckh and 250th anniversary of Pernesische-Blumenorden Medical School

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th International Medical Congress held in Rome, 1894, made by Johnson, Milan, Italy, 1894.

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the 11th Internation

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the International Exhibition of Medicine and Hygiene held in Rome 1894, by Giovanni Giani, Rome, Italy, 1894.

Medal, bronze, to commemorate the International Ex

Wellcome Medals

1894

One of 16 spherical nickel plated, brass Troy weights, 2 dr. (Avoirdupois) ,by L. Oertling verified by the Standards Department of the Board of Trade

Spherical nickel plated brass Troy weight

Weighing & Measuring

1894

Large glass jar, contains gum damar from Borneo, dated 1894

Large glass jar, contains gum damar from Borneo, d

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1894

Moving coil voltmeter, 80-120V, serial no.2903, c.1894

Moving coil voltmeter, 80-120V, serial no.2903, c.

Electricity Supply

1894

Crypto Bantam cycle, 1894

Crypto Bantam Cycle

Road Transport

1894

'Magic Photoret' pocket watch detective camera for 2 inch diameter circular film, six exposures, 12 x 12mm. Pinhole lens rotating shutter, single speed, hole for pin stop as for time exposure, Circular film held in back of camera front rotates to six positions. Patents July 25th 1893 Nov 28. 1893. Magic introduction company. 1894.

'Magic Photoret' detective camera

Photographic Technology

1894

Book: Aerial Navigation (1894) by J.G.W. Fijnje van Salverda.

Aerial Navigation by J.G.W. Fijnje van Salverda

Printed Books

1894

Bronze (?) medal, commemorates 11th International Medical Congress, artist A.G. Johnson Inc, Italian, 1894

Bronze (?) medal, commemorates 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

Dessert fork, silver plated, Great Eastern Railway, made by Elkington & Co, Birmingham, 1894; bulbous handle, "G.E. R" in script lettering surmounted by dragon's wing on blade.

Silver plated dessert fork, Great Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1894

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the death of H. von Helmholtz, made by J. Tautenhayn, Austria(?), 1894

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the death o

Wellcome Medals

1894

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the death of H. von Helmholtz, made by J. Tautenhayn, Austria, 1894

Rectangular bronze medal, commemorates the death o

Wellcome Medals

1894

Medallion badge, London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, LB&SC Railway Ball 1894 Stewards badge, enamelled crest on blue & yellow ribbon. Overall: 90 mm x 38 mm x 7 mm.

London, Brighton & South Coast Railway Ball 1894 badge

Coins and Medals

1894

Locomotive component. Driver's brake valve from steam locomotive and tender, No 490, 2-4-0, Great Eastern Railway, designed by J. Holden, built at Stratford in 1894, withdrawn 1959.

Driver's Brake Valve

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1894

Silver medal commemorating the 'House of Economy and Foresight' founded 1818 by Chaplain, French, 1894

Silver medal commemorating the 'House of Economy a

Wellcome Medals

1894

Fieldglass-case detective camera. No makers name. Wooden camera for rollfilm, 3 1/2 x 2 1/2" pictures. Simple lens, two apertures in rotating quadrant. T/I shutter (faulty). Optical frame finder. Overall: 88 mm x 175 mm x 155 mm.

Fieldglass-case detective camera

Photographic Technology

1894

Bronze medal commemorating 50 years service to science of L.F. Joseph Bertrand, by J.C. Chaplain, in circular case, French, 1894

Bronze medal commemorating 50 years service to sci

Wellcome Medals

1894

Whole rigged model of the twin-screw triple-masted schooner yacht the S.Y. 'Giralda' (1894), probably by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Govan, Scotland, c.1894. With eight life boats and eleven benches

Model of the Steam Yacht 'Giralda'

Water Transport

1894

Bronze medal, commemorating the 11th International Congress of Medicine at Rome in 1894, Italian, 1894

Bronze medal, commemorating the 11th International

Wellcome Medals

1894

Rectangular, bronze medal, commemorates the 66th Convention of German Naturalists and Physicians, which was dedicated to von Helmholtz, artist J. Tautenhayn, medal German, 1894

Rectangular, bronze medal, commemorates the 66th C

Wellcome Medals

1894

Metal bar and gauge to show expansion through heat, by J. J. Griffin & Sons, London, England, 1894.

Metal Bar and Gauge, 1894

Heat

1894