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Tin glazed earthenware albarello

1601-1630

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

1580-1650

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

1680

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

Morland's calculating machine

1666-1680

CAROLVS II.

1667

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

ELIAS ALLEN

1666

Gunter quadrant

1640

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Altitude quadrant

1552

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Magnetic compass and sundial by Henry Sutton

1650-1665

Slide rule by Robert Bissaker

1654

Simple theodolite

1600-1630

Simple theodolite

1600-1630

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

1598-1603

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

1658

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

1593-1610

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Universal equinoctial sundial, signed T.W.

1600

Oval crystal-cased watch with miniature and locket by A Senebier

1630

Black and white enamel verge watch by Goullons, Paris

1650

Silver watch by Thomas Taylor

1658

Longcase clock by John Fromanteel, originally fitted with a cross-beat escapement

1665-1670

Watch with enamel portrait believed to be of Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693)

1650

Watch in a painted enamel case by Paul Roumieu

1650

Oval silver-gilt verge watch by Auguier

1625

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1600

Watch with an early form of striking mechanism

1600

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

1600

Pair cased watch by Thomas Tompion

1670-1680

Watch with a later case and dial by Edward East

1680

Pair cased watch by Daniel Carre

1670

Pre-balance-spring era watch movement by Thomas Tompion c.1671

1671

Silver watch with sytlised pomegranate case by Edward East

1650