Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770
1770
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.
1769
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Mural arc made for King George III
1770
Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral
1769
Gold repoussé watch depicting the Choice of Hercules, by John Ellicott
1767
Musical table clock by Thwaites for Barraud
1767
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Magnetic toy by George Adams
1765
Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest
1766
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold
1770
Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936
1936
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)
1668; 1924
Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE
2050-1750 BCE
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
John Harrison, oil painting
1767
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe
1580-1588; 1930
Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933
1900-1933
Votive plaque with right ear in relief
400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief
100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936
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
Earthenware dish
2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse
30-200
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Copy of an Egyptian bas-relief, Europe, 1801-1930
1801-1930
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
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
Coade Stone fragment
1769
Print, etching of Night scene in European city
1940-1050
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000