Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Section of lightning conductor from St Paul’s cathedral

1769

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Mural arc made for King George III

1770

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Mezzotint: Portrait of John Arnold

1770

Wood moulding plane, dated 1771

1771

Arkwright's prototype spinning machine, 1769.

1769

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

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

1705-1737

Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice

1772-1773

Magnetic toy by George Adams

1765

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

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

1772

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

Silver medal

1771

Silver medal to commemorate the recovery of the Empress Maria Theresa

1767

Circular gold(?) medal, awarded to I. Ponsonby as

1765

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

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

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1990-95

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1773

Piastre coin of Carlos III (Spain)

1772

Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)

1774

Guinea coin of George III

1774

Guinea coin of George III

1775

Guinea coin of George III

1773

Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1774

Two Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary

1773

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Two Denari coin of Victor Amadeus II (King of Sardinia)

1774

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

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

3500-1000

Doctor Cullen

1772

Portrait, Sir George Savile Bart.

1770

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Optical cabinet made by B. Martin about 1771

1771

Mr Thomas Mudge

1772

Trade token

1772

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Earthenware dish

2000-1350