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Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Caricature of an undertaker hoping for cholera, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Caricature showing 'The State Doctor' during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Clark's block signalling telegraph instrument, 1854

1854

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

1854

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Caricature showing a publican's dilemma during a cholera epidemic, Europe, c. 1854

circa 1854

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

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

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

William Thomson's marine mirror galvanometer, 1850-1900

1854

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Salt print of a Cuneiform clay tablet

1854

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Small portable microscope in metal case

1854

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Goodall's patent grinding apparatus

1853

Dalton's Meteorologist

1854

Lever watch in case

1800-1830

Lever watch in pair case with crank roller

1800-1830

Elisa Garnerin. Aeronaute

1854

Cylinder watch in case with thin horizontal movement

1801-1850

Cylinder watch in case

1801-1825

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Wet-plate Sensitising Bath

1854

Portrait, lithograph after Gavarni of P.L.F. Sauvage

1853

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Two inertia rings, circa 1853

1853

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

White brick from wall in Colchester, dated 1854

1854

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Engraving: 'T. Walker's Patent Self-Feeding Stoves'

1854

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE