Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Oil paintings
1774
Remains of a Cornish pumping engine, 'Old Bess', built by James Watt, 1777.
1777
Folding coin scale for weighing guineas and half-guineas
1774
Iron Weight
1910-130
RGD Television
1965-195
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)
1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)
Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900
1300-1700; 1801-1900
Roman stone water main
30
Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Telescope by Galileo (replica)
1610; 1923
Stella Projection Television Receiver, Type ST1481
1950-159
Ticket medal
1776
Silver medal commemorating the Academy and School of Surgeons in 1774
1774
Bronze medal to commemorate F.H.W. Martini (1729-1778)
1777
Bronze medal to commemorate William Hunter (1718-1783)
1774
Small silver medal
1775
Small bronze medal designed by T. Holloway commemorating Peter Clare and London Society of Surgeons
1779
Circular bronze medal
1774
Small silver medal
1775
Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown
1776-1777
Glass funnel from Nooth's apparatus
1775
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving
1773 (original); 1980s
Planisphere, invented by W. Lacy
1777
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
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Guinea coin of George III
1779
Guinea coin of George III
1776
Guinea coin of George III
1774