Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Pharmacy storage jar depicting St John the Baptist

1501-1600

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Canopic jar featuring portrait of Imseti

1400-700 BCE

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Altitude quadrant

1552

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

Albarello vase

1530-1600

Statue of St Roch

1401-1500 CE

Earthenware tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Earthenware tile used as house number

1511-1520

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

1520-1530

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551

Drum clock, with detachable alarm, about 1600

circa 1600

Bullet extractor, possibly 16th century

1501-1600

Amputation saws and bullet extractors, 16th-18th century.

1501-1600

Maiolica drug jar for wild celery water

1545-1555

Albarello vase

1501-1600

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

Glass funnel or drinking horn

1501-1600

Small amputation or skull saw

1501-1600

Earthenware dispensing pot

1550-1600

Metal chastity belt

1401-1600

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95