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Gentleman’s Hobby Horse, c. 1818

1818

Sir John Herschel

1867-04

Withymoor Scythe Works Token

1814

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

2000 BCE

Hereford halfpenny token,

1794

Line Swinglers

1814

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Quarter-repeating gold watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

circa 1808

Gold watch by Robert Roskell

1814

The Costume of Great Britain

1805

Thomas Earnshaw

1798

Astronomical Rotula produced by Thomas Jones 1817

1817

Walker's Railway Time Table, and Coach, Omnibus and Carriers' List

1883-01

George Bidder, the Mental Calculator

1817

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Lorina, Edith and Alice Liddel

1872-08

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

Undershot waterwheel

1820

Standard Peck Measure

1819

Gold watch by Recordon

1807

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

The Land Traveller's Pocket Compass

1814

Four and Twenty Hobby Horses all of a row

1819

Silver medal to commemorate the execution of Louis XVI

1793

Silver medal

1801

Silver medal commemorating the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Germany, 1793

1793

London halfpenny token

1794

British Copper Company penny

1812

Ell rod, as used by master-tailors, German, 1816-1820

1816-1820

Billingsgate Market

1808

Pocket Magnetic Compass

1796

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Warren's Blacking Manufactory

1790-1820

Flint Handaxe from Egypt, Neolithic

9000-2700 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Cloud study of Cumulus blowing in high wind

1803

Replica of Scoresby's 'Marine Diver', Water Sampler, 1811

1811 (original)

Electrostatic Generator

circa 1820

Telescopic study of the Moon

1796

My Favourite Picture Of All My Works. My Niece Julia

1867-04

Julia My Niece', 1867

1867-04

Token for Lutwyches Manufactory

1795

John Harvey of Norwich, Token

1792

Token, copper, 34mm diameter. Britannia penny

1813

Bath tradesman's ticket, halfpenny for the Botanic Gardens, 1794.

1794

Sheffield penny token, 1812.

1812

Tavistock (Devon mines) penny token

1811

Hull Lead Works penny token

1812