Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
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
Shaving bowl
1767
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Stop-watch movementwith cylinder escapement
1766
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
Iron Weight
1910-130
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Silver medal to commemorate the recovery of the Empress Maria Theresa
1767
Silver medal commemorating the recovery from illness of Maria Theresa
1767
Medal, silver, commemorating Pierre Bercher
1766-1768
Bronze medal
1766
Silver medal to commemorate Pierre Bercher
1767
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Goldsmith's drawplate, French, 1766
1766
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Reflecting telescope with trolly stand, 1767-1768
1767-1768
Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.
3000-2500 BCE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age
5000-500 BCE
Silver medal struck to commemorate the recovery of the Empress Maria Theresa
1767
Medal, silver, obverse strike only
1676; 1840-1865
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford
1772
Bronze Axehead from France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Bronze Spearhead without Shaft, European, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Flint Knife and Scraper, Stone Age
8500-2000 BCE
Bronze Chisel-head, Britanny, France, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Copper Axehead from Ancient Egypt, 1991-1786BC
1991-1786 BCE
Bronze Adze with Modern Wooden Handle, Bronze Age
2000-500 BCE
Twelve German jetons, 16th century.
1501-1600; 1978
Two wooden printing blocks
1800-1600
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Cast of a Saxon Sundial, original at Kirkdale Church, Yorkshire
1935-1958 (reproduction); 1055-1064 CE (original)
R Lovett
1766
Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760
1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)
Three mahogany samples, from spindle moulder machine
1791-3
Winding handle for spindle moulder
1791-3