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Manchester halfpenny token for grocer, 1793

1793

Brass Clarke's hydrometer

1755

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

1990-95

Sun-dial, analemmatic, inscribed

1784

Silver gilt pap boat

1790

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Pap boat

1769

Nipple shield, English, 1799.

1799

Transverse folding spectacles

1785-1787

Empty wooden case, varnished, inscribed H.L.1772

1772

Letter from George Washington to his dentist, United States, 1795

1795

Pocket watch with dial missing, in silver case

1775-1790

Pocket Watch in Case with Enamelled Decoration, 1760-1780

1760-1780

Verge watch with inner and outer cases

1776-1839

Verge Pocket Watch in Silver Inner Case by Graham, 1770-1773

1773

Pocket Watch in Silver Pair Case, 1755-1770

1755-1770

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Ullage slide rule, 1759-1776.

1759-1776

John Harrison

1768

Silver touchpiece issued by Charles III, the 'Young Pretender'

1766-1788

Pill box, silver, for dispensing one pill at a time

1785-1795

Sick siphon

1765-1775

Plaster copy of a plaque bearing the portrait of John Hunter

1793

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Duplex with going barrel

1795

Verge watch

1795

Pocket Watch Mechanism

1765-1775

Pocket watch in silver inner case

1765-1780

Pocket watch in silver case

hallmarked 1795

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Verge watch in silver and tortoiseshell case

1786

Old vertical cylinder frictional electrical machine

1765-1769

Folding foot-rule with scales, 1780-1790

1780-1790

Guinea balance in case

1753-1754

Scales and weights for weighing guineas

1774

Steelyard balance for weighing gold coins

1775

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Earthenware dispensing pot

1760-1790

Six-fold linear measure, bone, Spanish, 1776

1776

Caricature. Montgolfier in the Clouds. Constructing of air balloon for the Grand Monarque

1784

Silver touchpiece issued by Charles III, the 'Young Pretender'

1766-1788

Lever watch in case

1770-1781

Silver gilt eye bath with case, London, England, 1786

1786

Two washers

15/7/27

Hand held solar viewer with dark glass filter and lignum vitae wood mount and turned handle

1750-1799

William Storer's 'artificial eye' (camera obscura)

1778-1789

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Ward, 1750-1794

hallmarked 1794

The Coal Mine near Keynsham

1793

Cookworthy and Company Small porcelain teacup

circa 1768-70

Painted porcelain saucer

1770-1780