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Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Six Bramah lock drilling templates, on pine (wood) board

circa 1795

Vacuum Gauge by Boulton and Watt

1794

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

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

Pocket surgical instrument set

1796

Circular copper halfpenny token

1795

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

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

1972-3

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

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

1990-95

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

Ticket issued for the Edinburgh-Newcastle Fly to London

1795

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Engraving and letterpress, 'The Shaving Machine…'

1794

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Lancaster canal shipping note

1794-03-03

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

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE

Persian pottery measure

circa 3000 BCE