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Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter

1636

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Gunter quadrant

1640

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

1640

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

1972-3

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

2500 BCE

Tin glazed earthenware syrup jar

1638

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

1880-120

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

1990-95

European astrolabe, 1631

1631

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of Sussex cast-iron fire back

1636

Set of brass coin weights

1626

Small bell shaped bronze mortar

1631

Bronze bell-shaped mortar with panels of vine design on rim

1630

Small bell shaped mortar

1627

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

One grano, bronze coin, associated with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta

1638

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

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

1625

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

3000-2500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Trade token(?), bronze, with motto of "hardly born

1635

Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC

1991-1786 BCE

Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Twelve German jetons, 16th century.

1501-1600; 1978

Two wooden printing blocks

1800-1600

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire

1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Albarello drug jar, Sicily, 1629

1629

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

1900-1933