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Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

1520-1530

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

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Late 16th century chamber clock by an unknown maker

1575-1599

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

1501-1599

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Exchequer standard yard of Queen Elizabeth I, 1588

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

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Earthenware tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

Earthenware tile used as house number

1511-1520

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

1582

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

European astrolabe, 1548

1548

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

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

2050-1750 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

The Comet of 1532

1532

Model of the "Great Harry"

1512-1553

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

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

700 BCE; 1931

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551