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Table fork, silver plated, West Coast Dining Saloons, made by Elikington & Co, Birmingham, 1896.(BTH 41W) Measurements overall: 21 mm x 208 mm x 26 mm, 0.07 kg.

Silver plated table fork, West Coast Dining Saloons

Passenger Comforts

1896
Mahogany and brass stand camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 plates. Fitted with an Underwood rapid rectilinear lens F: 9 inches f/8-64. Thornton Pickard time and inst. Roller blind shutter, 15/25/40/60/80/T. Sliding, rising and cross front, rack and pinion focusing on rear panel, double extension, swing back, square bellows, with tripod head. Underwood.

Underwood Instanto Tailboard Field Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1896
Lady's bicycle saddle, made by Christy, c. 1896

Lady's bicycle saddle, made by Christy, c. 1896

Road Transport

c. 1896
Induction coil with hammer-break interrupter, made by Alfred Apps, patent no.545, 433 Strand, London, England, 1896-1897.

Induction coil

Radiomedicine

1896-1897
Vintage silver gelatin print by George Davison, titled "Oxford Street - A rainy day". This image featured in the Eastman Photographic Exhibition 1897.

Oxford Street - A wet day

Photographs

1897
Early cinema poster mounted on cardboard inscribed "Depicted by the Animatograph. Living photos by Robt. W. Paul". Made by David Allen & Sons Ltd, London.

Depicted by the Animatograph poster

Cinematography

c. 1896
Case for the Prestwich 35mm cine camera (first model).

Case for the Prestwich 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1897
The 1897 diary of Arthur Osborne Ladell, containing some details of work on the railways and rates of pay. Also contains a small number of enteries for 1896.

1897 diary of Arthur Ladell

Archive Collections

1896-1897
Phonograph embodying sound pick-up constructed from glass tubing, Echophone, 1896

Phonograph embodying sound pick-up constructed fro

Sound Reproduction

1896
Pair of opera glasses with mother-of-pearl mounts, signed "LAMIER PARIS" (cast round eyepieces), and engraved "S.A. HURLINGHAM 1896"

Pair of opera glasses with mother-of-pearl mounts

Optics

1896
Original box for fountain pen, European, 1896. Attributed to Baron Guillaume Dupuytren.

Original box for fountain pen attributed to Baron Guillaume Dupuytren

Wellcome (general)

1896
Bronze medal to commemorate Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), by Johnson, Milan, Italy, 1897

Bronze medal to commemorate Marcello Malpighi (16

Wellcome Medals

1897
Three inch lens with dust cap, by J. H. Dallmeyer, London used by Robert W Paul on "moving picture" projector, 1896, serial no. 55820.

Three inch Dallmeyer lens with dust cap

Cinematography

1896
Sugar tongs, silver plated, Glasgow & South Western Railway Steamers, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; garter on handle, 1896. Overall: 13 mm x 98 mm x 35 mm, 0.01kg.

Silver plated sugar tongs, Glasgow & South Western Railway - Steamers

Passenger Comforts

1896
Cylindrical Rontgen-type x-ray tube, by C. H. F. Muller, Hamburg, Germany, 1896.

Cylindrical Rontgen-type x-ray tube, by C. H. F. M

X-rays

1896
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Poster, bye laws for the management of the slaughter house, Newton Stewart, Scotland, 1896

Poster, bye laws for the management of the slaught

Veterinary Medicine

1896
Tin plated white metal medal to commemorate the Franco-Russian Alliance, French, 1896

Tin plated white metal medal to commemorate the Fr

Wellcome Medals

1896
Bronze plaque, commemorates Dr. Benedikt, artist Teltsch(?), and Stanley(?), medal German, 1896

Bronze plaque, commemorates Dr. Benedikt, artist T

Wellcome Medals

1896
Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 80th birthday of Albertus de Koeliker, from his colleagues at University of Wurzburg, designed by A. Borsch, German, 1897

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the 80th birth

Wellcome Medals

1897
Silver gelatin photograph by George Davison, mounted on card. Titled "May", this image shows Davison's niece, May Louisa Hiller.

May

Photographs

1897
Medal, bronze, commemorating sixty years as Queen for Queen Victoria, 1837-1897, English, 1897

Medal, bronze, commemorating sixty years as Queen

Wellcome Medals

1897
Rectangular bronze plaque, commemorates the end of the polar expedition on board the " Fram", led by F. Nansen, maker V.D. Brenner, plaque American

Plaque commemorating Nansen's polar expedition

Wellcome Medals

1897
Darras 35mm cine camera with crank handle.

Darras 35mm Cine Camera

Cinematography

1896
Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of the Societe de Medecine de Paris, unsigned, France, 1896

Silver medal to commemorate the centenary of the S

Wellcome Medals

1896
Circular bronze medal, prize, awarded by Exposition Nationale de L'Hygiene et des Arts de L'Enfance, designed by L. Bottee, made by Erdmarin, French, 1896

Circular bronze medal, prize, awarded by Expositio

Wellcome Medals

1896
Cased medal, copper, commemorating 50th anniversary of the Societe Centrale Protestante D' Evangelisation, Paris, 11 June 1897.French 1897

Cased medal, copper, commemorating 50th anniversar

Wellcome Medals

1897
Rectangular white metal medal, presented to E. Besnier by his colleagues at the Hospital Saint Louis, France, 1896

Rectangular white metal medal, presented to E. Bes

Wellcome Medals

1896
Printing plate, copper, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway Co., four per cent Preference Stock Share Certificate, 1897.

Copper printing plate, Hull, Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway Company Share Certificate

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1897
Glasgow Corporation Tramways bell punch no.904 (Bailey and Duncan), patent no.3891, 19th March 1886

Glasgow Corporation Tramways bell punch

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1896
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
2-pole plug for switch socket, c.1896

2-pole plug for switch socket, c.1896

Electricity Supply

1896
Fish kettle (one handle missing), c.1897

Fish kettle (one handle missing), c.1897

Domestic Appliances

1897
Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railway, Brondesbury to Camden Town, Third Class, Parliamentary, fare -/2 1/2, No 4358, 15 September 1897.

Railway ticket, Edmondson type, London & North Western Railw

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1897
Ticket; Card; South Eastern Railway; Staff Ticket, Jubilee Procession, Tuesday 22nd June 1897, Stand on London Bridge Viaduct; Red Card.

Ticket; card; South Eastern Railway; Staff Ticket, Jubilee P

Tickets, Passes & Labels

1897
Example of Gunning's pioneer gas controller for street lamps, turning 'off' only, with cover, by the British, Foreign and Colonial Automatic Light Controlling Company Limited, Bournemouth, England, c. 1897.

Gunning's pioneer gas controller for street lamps

Time Measurement

1897
Folding stand plate camera. Quarter plate camera, folding bellows form. No lens. Rising front James Cole patent 53741894 - sliding flexible wooden panel; sliding cross front. Double extension bellows; rack and pinion focussing movement on rear panel. Fitted with Ross lens 1990-5036/0829. This camera incorporates a sliding flexible wooden panel fitted above and below the lens, thus giving a wide range of movement in bothe directions.

Folding stand plate camera

Photographic Technology

1897
No. 4 bullseye (model of 1896). Box camera for 103 rollfilm 4 x 5 inches. Fitted with an achromatic lens, rotating plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter T/I and two reflecting finders. Sliding focusing acting on film transport. No 5526. Manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co. 1896

No 4 Bullseye camera, 1896 model

Photographic Technology

1896
Seal die, Crowhurst, Sidley & Bexhill Railway, 1897, engraved steel disc on spigot, full company title and date around circumference enclosing interlocking initials.

seal die - crowhurst, sidley and bexhill railway

Railway Heraldry

1897
Medallion badge, LB&SCR, Gilt & Enamel badge worn by steward at LB&SCR Annual Ball, 1897. On blue & yellow ribbon. (In original box), Dimensions: 4"x1 /1/2"

LB&SCR medallion badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

1897
Medallion, silver, with gold and enamel, cased, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, presented to Brother J.T. Davies for Loyalty to the ASRS during the 1896 LNW crisis.

Silver medallion, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

Coins and Medals

1896
Small box camera for 52x40mmplates; fixed aperture simple lens; rotary shutter T/I not selfcapping; two reflecting finders; aluminium back for plateholders; incase with 6 double blockform darkslides; aluminium bound.

The Criterion camera

Photographic Technology

1896
Mill hygrophant by Casartelli, 1897.

Mill hygrophant by Casartelli, 1897.

Meteorology

1897
Medallion, circular centre with cruciform surrounds, issued by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants to Brother J. Abbotts (mis-spelt as Abbott on the medallion) for loyalty during the "LNW Crisis", 1896. The crisis appears to have centred around 16 men dismissed but later re-instated at Wigan in 1896. The centre depicts a 2-2-2 locomotive.

Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants 1896 LNWR Crisis medallion [supplied title]

Coins and Medals

1896
Rotogravure print showing factory workers manufacturing Urban Bioscope (Warwick Bioscope) film projectors at the Warwick Trading. Co. in High Holborn.

Manufacture of Urban Bioscope

Cinematography

1897
Photograph showing the exterior of the first offices of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd. 1 Warwick Court, W.C., High Holborn. Charles Urban appointed managing director in 1897.

First offices of the Warwick Trading Co Ltd

Cinematography

1896
Alloy commemorative medallion, Cawood, Wistow & Selby Light Railway, Cutting of the first sod of the railway July 11th 1896 by Mrs Liversidge, Driffield House, York, Dimensions: 38mm dia.

Cawood, Wistow & Selby Light Railway medallion

Coins and Medals

1896
Lions Heads, Great Western Railway, pair of Lion's heads on display board: "Lions Heads taken from corners of the late Queen Victoria's Saloon. Purchased by the Late Major Cyril Spencer Wilson MCRE, Assistant Manager, Carriage and Wagon Works, Swindon ... etc". (Both side mounting from saloon of 1874, as built)

lion's head

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1897
Coloured map of the Great Western Railway's routes, made by Thomas Kell & Sons, engravers and lithographers, of 40 King Street, Covent Garden, London, in 1896.

G.W.R. District Map Session 1896

Railway Maps & Plans

1896
Earliest type Prestwich camera with epicyclic movement 35mm. (before claw movement) 1896

Prestwich cine camera

Cinematography

1896