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Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

1520-1530

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1990-95

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Model of the "Great Harry"

1512-1553

Altitude quadrant

1552

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of Gutenberg's Press, 1430

1960-1979

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

2050-1750 BCE

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

1650-1575 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

2000-1001 BCE

Model of Mud House

6000-5000BCE

Working model of Hero's Aeolipile

100-1 BCE; 1501-1600; 1914

Burial mask of Agamemnon, Greek, c. 1550 BCE

1600-1500 BCE (original); 1900-1914 (copy)
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Vesalius, Andreas

1514 - 1564

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

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

700 BCE; 1931

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

European astrolabe, 1548

1548
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

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

1525-1550

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Model of a Phoenician bireme ship

1845-1964

Copy of model of a sheep's liver. Original Babylonian, c. 2050-1750 BC.

2050-1750 BCE

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

2000-1350 BCE

Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.

10000-5001 BCE

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

1575-1194 BCE
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

Dee, John

1527 - 1609

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE

The Comet of 1532

1532

Rigged model of 'Santa Maria'

1920-1923; 1963

Ointment spoon in form of a diving girl, Egypt, 1575-1308 BCE

1575-1308 BCE

Bronze kohl stick, Egypt, 1575-1194BCE

1575-1194 BCE

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543
Copy, in silver and gold, of a 10th century Saxon pocket sundial, unsigned, 1939-1950. Original found in the Cloister Garth of Canterbury Cathedral in 1939, with gnomon and chain for suspension. The gnomon is inserted into the hole that corresponds to the appropriate month, then suspended by the chain.

Replica of a 10th Century Saxon Pocket Sundial, 1939-1950

1939-1950 (replica); 901-1000 CE (original)

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Touchpiece issued by Henry VIII, England, 1543-1547

1543-1547

Replica of Saxon 'Sinking Bowl' Water Clock, 1931

1931; 750-850 CE

Model Boat from Cyclades, 2800 BC

2800 BCE

Engraved nocturnal with quadrant at back

1543

Model of ancient Egyptian funerary boat with two oars

1915