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Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Flint knife blade

10,000-2,000 BCE

Small silver medal

1775

Medal to commemorate the building of the School of Surgery in Paris

1774

Small silver medal

1775

Calculating machine invented by Charles Stanhope in 1777, with mahogany case

1777

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Votive plaque

1772

Guinea balance and gauge by S. Henry

1775

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

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

1772

Verge watch in case with pendulum balance

1776

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

1773

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Steelyard balance for weighing gold coins

1775

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Six-fold linear measure, bone, Spanish, 1776

1776

Two washers

15/7/27

James Ferguson

1776

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Eman. Swedenborg. Anno aetatis J.F. Martin Sculps. Holmiae

1772

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

2000 BCE

Mr Thomas Mudge

1772

Print, line engraving. WILLIAM HARVEY, M.D.

1777

Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast

1775

The Farrier's Shop

1771

Silver(?) medal, possibly commemorates the ending

1776

Bronze medal to commemorate the opening of a school for the poor

1772

Bronze medal with head of Catherine II on obverse

1776

Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of King Louis XVI in 1775

1775

Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz

1778