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Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

1625

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

1623

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Watch with alarm by Robert Grinkin

1610

Octagonal crystal-cased watch by an unknown maker

1610

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Astrolabe by Ferdinand Arsenius

1607-1618

Oval silver-gilt verge watch by Auguier

1625

Table clock by Henry Archer

1625

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1990-95

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Stjerneborg Observatory

1634 (print); 1581-1587 (observatory)

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

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Iron Weight

1910-130

One of two Sumerian solid cylindrical weights

circa 2000 BCE

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Roman stone water main

30

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

1-79 CE; before 1914

Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Flint knife blade

10,000-2,000 BCE

Medal to commemorate Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange

1616

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

1913; circa 900 CE

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

1610

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

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

2050-1750 BCE

Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed

1701-180

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Dutch celestial globe, 1625

1625

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

2500 BCE

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Clay tobacco pipe

1605-1620

Clay tobacco pipe

1620-1625

Carved jet statue of Saint James

1625

Tablet sun-dial with string gnomon

1610

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876