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Ancient Egyptian kohl pot and stick, 1800 -200 BCE

1800-200 BCE

Silver toothbrush set, Birmingham, England, 1793

1793

Smeaton's Apparatus for Determining the Efficiency of Water Wheels

1988 (model); 1752 (original)

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Movement of turret clock

1795

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

2000-1001 BCE

Steel and tortoiseshell lancet

1794

Two lancets

1795

Two lancets

1794

Steel automatic lancet, possibly veterinary, 1797

1797

Hair from Blossom's tail

1796

Palette, stone, rectangular, excavated by Garstang at Abydos

3000-1000

Acheulian flint hand axe, c 10000-5000 BC.

10000-5001 BCE

9 flint chips or blades, possibly neolithic

3000-1500

Mummified cat, ancient Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Pap boat

1794-1795

Transverse folding spectacles

1795-1797

Huddersfield halfpenny token for tea dealer, 1793

1793

Bath halfpenny token for tea dealer and grocer, 1794

1794

Verge watch with case

1648-1724

Alabaster weight, Syrian Deden system

circa 2000 BCE

Instrument sterilizer

1871-130

Autoradiograph of mitochondrial DNA used in the identification of the remains of Jesse James

1997-8

Verge watch in case

1714-1796

Babylonian "duck" weight

circa 2000 BCE

Coloured engraving:- East Indiaman ....at Spithead

1797

Copy of a stone plaque from a Roman bath, made in Europe, 1901-1950

44-43 BCE; 1901-1950

Optometer, objective or subjective

1831-900

Tradesman's ticket, farthing token, for grocer, 1794

1794

Washers, 25mm outer dia. and 14mm inner diameter

14/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Camden cycle, occupational therapy device, Northampton, England 1930-1970

1930-70

Leicester height measurer by Child Growth Foundation

1994-5

Rigged model of Flemish carvel construction Carrack

1910-1921

Pap boat

1797

Adams headband spectacles

1794-1796

Pottery vase, from Nihawnad, Persia, 3000 BCE

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

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

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Hampshire halfpenny

1794

Lutwyches medals and coins manufactory halfpenny

circa 1795