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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Square signed "J.Ramsden, 1757"

1757

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

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

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

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 a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

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

2000 BCE

Silver medal commemorating Charles Alexander Loth

1756

Medal, copper of Dean Jean-Baptiste Louis Chomel

1756

Brass medal

1758

Bronze prize medal

1758

Circular silver medal

1756

Medal, silver, commemorating Jean-Baptiste Louis Chomel

1756

Medal, silver, commemorating Jean-Baptiste Boyer

1756

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.

1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

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

20-500

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

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

1-79 CE; before 1914

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Strigil hanger, bronze, Roman, from Luxor

20-400

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

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

3500-1000