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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

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

1582

Portable universal equinoctial sundial, in brass,

1588

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551

Silver sundial by Humfrey Cole

1568-1590

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Elizabethan nested weights

1588

Roman stone water main

30

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Albarello used to store smallage seeds, Italy, 1550

1550

Albarello vase

1550

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

1901-1936; 180 BCE

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

"Base-Ring" juglet

1600-1400 BCE

Piriform bottle with elongated neck and loop handle

1600-1050 BCE

"Base-Ring" juglet with handle

1600-1400 BCE

"Base-Ring" juglet with handle

1600-1400 BCE

"Base Ring" juglet with handle

1600-1400 BCE

"Base-Ring" juglet with handle

1600-1400 BCE

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350