Image
Category
Collection
On Display
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Archive
Date

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

1880-1930

Wooden pap boat

1900-1920

Ivory model of a skull on wooden pedestal

before 1928

Small muslin bag containing amuletic bread

1901-1913

Brooch in the form of a crab

1890-1930

Anthropomorphic iris root

1891-1900

Rubber vault cap

1938-1940

Amuletic ring made from a penny

1901-1913

Foetal monaural stethoscope

1875-1885

Copper plaque stamped with a Latin cross for protection against cholera

1900-1909

Soft pitted grey stone carried to protect against toothache

1871-1910

Bottle for medicinal water from Jacob's Well

1932

Foot-scraper in the form of a camel

1880-1915

Earthenware skin scraper in the form of a duck

1880-1925

Barber's shaving bowl

1875-1925

Wooden prosthetic hand with rigid fingers

circa 1920

Samples of cinchona bark

1930-1931

Left prosthetic leg, Cyprus, 1914-1918

1914-1918

Clear glass specimen jar for turmeric root

1880-1899

Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

1923

Tobacco pipe in the form of a bullock's head

1896-1920

Cock-feathered male Sebright Bantam

1914-1924

Hen-feathered male Sebright bantam

1914-1924

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children

1902

Leather truncheon used at Narborough Mental Asylum

1901-1930

Straight spectacles with bifocal perfection lenses

1885-1895

Disinfecting box

1925-1935

Meerschaum tobacco pipe

1880-1890

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Bottle containing Braceborough Spa water

1905-1940

Protective leather and chain mail mask

1917-1918

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Bronchitis amulet

1914

Filter used to produce radioactive water

1901-1930

Pair of metal-rimmed spectacles with wire mesh protecters

1891-1920

Trephine, in form of bow-drill shaft

1900-1915

Dr Leonard Levy’s Pastilles Radiometer

1910-1930

Cornish piskie amuletic pendant

1871-1930

'Jason I', de Havilland DH.60G Gipsy Moth

1928

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

1929-1935

Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

1934

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Mink G goods van

1931

Mineral wagon used at Stanton Ironworks

1931

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

1901

Queen Alexandra's Saloon

1902

12-ton 3-Plank open wagon

1936

East Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class railway carriage, 1898

1898

London & North Western Railway motor coach

1915

Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

1880-1940