Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Joseph Priestley LLD FRS
1782
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Universal microscope with case and lid
1782
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
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
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
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Portrait. J.R. Perronet. Engraving 1782
1782
Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782
1782
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Alabaster bottle
2000-1350
Alabaster bottle
1850-1350
Strigil hanger, bronze, Roman, from Luxor
20-400
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish
3500-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE