Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

1574

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

German striking watch by an unknown maker

1580

Universal equinoctial sundial, signed T.W.

1600

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

Late 16th century chamber clock by an unknown maker

1575-1599

Bronze bell shaped mortar with 2 bands of decoration

1592

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

John Dee's crystal, Europe, 1582

1582

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Reconstruction of Galileo's Thermoscope, 1592-1600

1592-1600 (original)

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

2050-1750 BCE

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

1990-95

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

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

2000-1001 BCE

Movement or square striking table clock

1575-1600

Sciatere or sundial tool

1581-1600

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Albarello drug jar used to store badger fat, Italy, 1585

1585

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1577

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello

1578

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Planetary volvelle for the Sun, Germany, 1574-1575

1574-1575

Planetary volvelle for Mercury, Germany, 1574-1575

1574-1575

Earthenware bottle with long neck and loop handle

1600-1050 BCE

"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