Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Reproduction in wood. No 127

1808

Reproduction in wood, Dr Joseph Black

1809

Ready reckoner for ship's cargoes

1807

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Conjectural model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Catch-me-who-can'

1808

Weights and measures

1805

Oval snuff box, England, 1807

1807

Half-penny coin

1806

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

circa 1805

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Half-penny coin

1806

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Maudslay 's Lord Chancellor bench micrometer

1805

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Plaster cast of Matthew Boulton

1809

Herschel, William, head and shoulders

1808

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Model, press for cutting out coin blanks

circa 1808

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)

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

Souscription watch, by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1805

Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company

1889-02

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

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Engraving showing 'The Ball which killed Lord Nelson', England, 1805

1805

Clay tobacco pipe

1860-1715

Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900

1872-3

Sterling silver pap boat

1806

Silver and gold pap boat

1809

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Double-ended dental pelican

1851-1800

Turn pin spectacles

1805

Silver pap boat

1809

Nipple shield

1805

Nipple shields

1808

Nipple shield

1808

Extending spectacles

1808-1809

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

1990-95

Sterling silver pap boat

1804

Pap boat

1809

Nipple shield

1803

Extending spectacles

1807

Transverse folding spectacles

1803-1805

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750