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Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

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

1705-1737

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

De Luc whalebone hygrometer by Hausmann, 1781.

1781

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

1972-3

Six's maximum and minimum thermometer

1780

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1990-95

Petit-Ecu of Three Livres coin of Louis XVI (France)

1780

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

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

3500-1000

Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782

1782

The blacksmith and knifegrinder, with ... Wortley's pavilion etc. in Hyde Park

1780

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Portrait. J.Buxton. Mezzotint 1781

1781

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley" and "2"

1780

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

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Plaster model of tomb plaque

100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500