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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Triple-cased quarter-repeater watch by Paul du Pin

1739

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Andrew Dunlop

1740

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

1990-95

Wooden backstaff.

1733

Circular white metal medal

1736-1740

Bronze medal to commemorate J.M. Martellini

1734

Compound drum microscope

1740

Guinea coin of George II

1736

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Compass microscope for opaque objects

1740

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Trade card: Benjamin Martin

1736-1740

Microscope (c.1738)

1738

Microscope (c.1740)

1740

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

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

1972-3

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

2000-1000

Votive plaque

1738

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Scissors, steel, decorated

1737

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Solar microscope (c.1740)

1740

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

Engraving: Portrait of William Harvey MD (1578-1657)/Houbraken

1739

Medal commemorating Laura Maria Caterina Bassi, Italy, 1732

1732

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

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

1-79 CE; before 1914

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

1991-1786 BCE

Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481

1950-159

Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE

Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age

2000-500 BCE