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Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

Flymo Super Professional 47 rotary air cushion mower

1979-80

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1680

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1690

Verge watch movement

Verge watch movement

1690

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1690

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1685

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1696

Astrolabe

Astrolabe

1688

Model of Douglas D.C,-3 aircraft, scale 1:24.

Douglas DC-3 'Dakota', late 1930s.

1939-45

Model of English Electric "Lightning" aircraft, scale 1:24.

English Electric Lightning, 1949-1960.

1949-60

Pair-cased sun-and-moon watch by George Lyon, England, probably Liverpool, c.1690. Outer case covered in red tortoiseshell, inlaid with silver wire to form the letters ‘IHS’, the inner case of plain silver, stamped indistinctly ‘- F’. Silver sun-and-moon dial with subsidiary seconds. Movement with verge escapement, a balance cock engraved with a cross, and the backplate signed ‘Geo Lyon fecit’. Clockmakers' Museum No. 1200

Sun-and-moon watch by George Lyon

circa 1685

Gold touchpiece, given to the sick in the ceremony of healing by touch, issued by James II, English, 1685-1688

Gold touchpiece, issued by James II

1685-1688

Tin glazed earthenware votive tablet, showing thrown horseman, made and used(?) at Deruta, Italian, 1680

Votive tablet showing horse and man

1680

Excavated bronze age skull showing 4 healed trephinings, from Jericho, 2200-2000BC

Bronze Age skull from Jericho, Palestine

2200-2000 BCE

Portrait of Robert Boyle by Johann Kerseboom, 1689

Portrait of Robert Boyle by Johann Kerseboom

1689

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass, laurel wreath with crown and SE&CR over, 1901-23. Dimensions: 1" dia.

Brass button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, brass. Laurel wreath with crown surmounted by SE&CR, back marked 'Superb Quality'. Dimensions: 17mm dia.

Button, South Eastern & Chatham Railway

1901-23

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1690

Watch

Watch

circa 1685

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1695

Large silver travelling or coach watch by William Knottesforde, London, c.1680. Silver case, the back engraved with the conversion of St. Paul, and the edge pierced and engraved in pattern of flowers and foliage. Bell set into the inside back of the case. Silver dial formed of concentric rings. The outer ring is gilt and engraved; then a ring for the days of the month, highlighted with red wax; then a gilt turning ring with steel pointer; then a silver hour circle, with engraved inner border filled in with red wax; then a silver alarm disc with steel pointer for the hour circle. The centre is engraved with a flower wreath and central sunflower. Steel hour hand with long tail. Movement with striking and going trains and verge escapement. Silver count-wheel engraved with sunflower and filled in with red wax. The balance spring is of 1 1/4 turns. Worm-and-wheel regulation with silver dial. Signed ‘William Knottesforde, London’. Clockmakers' Museum No. 589

Large silver coach watch by William Knottesford

1680

Model of English Electric "Canberra" Jet bomber, scale 1:24.

The English Electric Canberra jet bomber, 1950.

1950-59

Gold touchpiece, given in the ceremony of healing by touch, issued by James II, English, 1685-1688

Gold touchpiece issued by James II

1685-1688

1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

Anson, George

1697 - 1762

Harrison, John

1693 - 1776

1684-1734

Chadwicke, John

1684 - 1734

1697-1732, shipwright, Portsmouth naval Dockyard, English

Hammond, William

1697 - 1732

c. 1692-1776, active 1742-1770, medallist; coin engraver, Italian-born, British

Pingo, Thomas

1692 - 1712

1694-1757, court jester of August the Strong, Austrian

Fröhlich, Joseph

1694 - 1757

1697-1763, man-midwife, Scottish; British

Smellie, William

1697 - 1763

1691-1759, draftsman; printmaker, German

Heumann, Georg Daniel

1691 - 1759

1683-1744, natural philosopher; engineer, French born, active England

Desaguliers, John Theophilus

1683 - 1744

1693-1768, duke of Newcastle upon Tyne; first duke of Newcastle under Lyme, prime minister, English

Holles, Thomas Pelham-

1693 - 1768

active 1724-1747, optical instrument maker, English; British

Loft, Matthew

1697 - 1747

1692-1767, artist; printmaker, Dutch

Folkema, Jacob

1692 - 1767

1697-1751, painter; mezzotint engraver; printmaker, British American

Pelham, Peter

1697 - 1751

1682-1744, natural philosopher; optical instrument maker; mathematician, British; English

Hadley, John

1682 - 1744

1690-1762, politician, English; British

Wallop, John

1690 - 1762

1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland, reigned 1727-1760

George II

1683 - 1760

1681-1754, artist, draughtsman, engraver, painter, printmaker, French

Rigaud, J

1681 - 1754

1692-1761, natural philosopher (physicist), Dutch

Musschenbroek, Pieter van

1692 - 1761

1695-1769, physician; botanist; publisher, German?

Trew, Christopher Jacob

1695 - 1769

1688-1752, surgeon; anatomist, English

Cheselden, William

1688 - 1752

1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Ward, Joshua

1684 - 1761

1689-1752, artist; painter, British

Whood, Isaac

1689 - 1752

1685-1746, man-midwife; surgeon, French

Mesnard, Jacques

1685 - 1746

1697-1764, painter; engraver, English; British

Hogarth, William

1697 - 1764

1692-1762, astronomer, English; British

Bradley, James

1692 - 1762

Baron Anson, 1697-1762, naval officer; politician, British; English

Anson, George

1697 - 1762