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Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

1525-1550

Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

1550-1575

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Late 16th century chamber clock by an unknown maker

1575-1599

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

1520-1530

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

Earthenware tile used as house number

1511-1520

Earthenware tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

1501-1599

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

1990-95

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

1582

16th century iron chamber-clock

1596

Model of the "Great Harry"

1512-1553

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

Model of an Assyrian kelek or raft of inflated ox-hides, one of three models of Babylonian vessels of skin

700 BCE; 1931

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Bronze hair curling tongs and trimmer, Egypt, 1575-1194 BCE

1575-1194 BCE

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Testone coin of Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (Italy)

1505-1534

Festone coin of King Louis XII, as Duke of Milan (Italy)

1500-1512

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE