Divination set, south east Africa, before 1934

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

before 1934

Bone divination set, carved decoration, from Zambezi, south east Africa

Left and right foot showing effects of leprosy

Anatomy & Pathology

1250-1500

Left and right foot showing effects of leprosy, from a skeleton from a medieval Danish leprosy cemetery, reputedly c.1350

Gandolfi 'Universal' Camera

Photographic Technology

Gandolfi 'Universal' camera. Compur shutter, DRP No. 258646. Carl Zeiss, Jena, Tessar lens Serial No 04?586, F:1:4,.5 f=12cm. With three wooden bookform double darkslides (one fitted to camera).

Adding Machine

Mathematics

1843

Roth's calculating machine, invented and patented by D.J. Wertheimber in 1843, English currency version,

Stainless steel and bone dessert knife, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948

Dessert knife, stainless steel blade, bone handle, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, London & North Eastern Railway, plain, "LNER" in script lettering on blade. Overall: 12 mm x 200 mm 21 mm.

Lancet in bone sheath, Indian, 1800-1899

Asian Medicine

1800-1899

Lancet, steel, in bone sheath, Indian

Priestley Smith perimeter, with spare parts and ac

Ophthalmology

1901-1930

Priestley Smith perimeter, with spare parts and accessories, wood and steel, probably British, early 20th century, Curry and Paxton marked on accessories

Peg frame for knitting with a steel and a bone nee

Textiles Machinery

Peg frame for knitting with a steel and a bone needle.

Purse decorated with collodion positive photograph

Photographs

c. 1860

Bookform purse, 10 x 6.5cm, in ivory or bone faced with inset Collodion positive of a head and shoulders of a middle aged man, oval 2.5 x 1.8cm in rope-work brass mount. Silk-lined interior.

Pair of field glasses

Optics

1850-1910

Pair of field glasses (binoculars), fitted with 38mm diameter objectives lens in fluted bone covered brass body, unsigned, European, 1850-1910. {See note}

2 penis pins of brass with decorative bone end-pie

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

2 penis pins of brass with decorative bone end-pieces, used by Kayan of Borneo, 1880-1920

percussor and pleximeter, 19th century.

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1900

Percussor and pleximeter, in leather covered wooden case, 19th century

Coate's toothbrush, bone, supplied by Savory and M

Dentistry

Coate's toothbrush, bone, supplied by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, 1871-1930

Riva-Rocci-type sphygmomanomter

Clinical Diagnosis

1900-1910

Riva-Rocci sphygmomanometer, with wooden case, made by Hawksley and Sons Limited, London, England, c. 1905. Modified by Sir Charles Martin.

Bone vaginal syringe, piston-action, 18th century

Surgery

1701-1800

Bone vaginal syringe, piston-action, 18th century

Brass piston action stomach pump

Therapeutics

1871-1900

Brass piston action stomach pump, probably late 19th century

Rover Detective Camera

Photographic Technology

1893

Magazine box camera for 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inch plates. Fitted with an achromatic lens, fixed aperture and focus, Lancaster seesaw shutter reflecting viewfinder, plates in frame holders (12), carried horizontally in upper compartment, transferred to focal plane by tilting base to compartment, after exposure moved to back of camera behind flexible wooden shutter. Lancaster, 1893.

Wax injected human left arm

Anatomy & Pathology

1831-1870

Preserved human left arm

Bone tobacco pipe stem with silver mounts at eithe

Smoking

1890-1910

Bone tobacco pipe stem with silver mounts at either end, roughly tubular, slightly arched A F and Co. maker of mount, B.B.B. maker of stem, English, 1890-1910

Culpeper microscope, attributed to Matthew Loft, c. 1740

Microscopes

1735-1745

Culpeper microscope with brass top and red lacquer base, with accessories; attributed to Matthew Loft, London, England, c. 1740.

The Prestwich Model 5 Cine Camera

Cinematography

1910

Prestwich Kinematograph cine camera for 35mm film in 300 foot internal wooden magazines. It is hand-cranked with two eight-frame-per-turn shafts and one single frame shaft. Film drive is by two continusous sprockets and claw intermittent. There is no lens in the rack and pinion mount. The camera has a footage counter and a film punch, with tripod bushes on both top and bottom. It is possible to view the rear of the film gate from the back for critical focussing. Stencilled number T239. (3 inch Specail Stigmati patent lens by Dallmeyer, London, Serial No 62046; not original?)

Gastro-intestinal bobbins, United Kingdom, 1880-1920

Surgery

1880-1920

Mayo Robson's bone bobbins, set of 22 of varying size, 1880-1920, probably British

Sets of instruments and charms, Inuit (Eskimo), c. 1801-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Set of 5 instruments and a charm, attached to a leather thong, Eskimo

Prism on brass stand

Optics

1890-1900

Prism on brass stand with ball and socket joint and bone handles, late 19th century, (B1086)

Withering's botanic simple microscope

Optics

1790-1800

Withering's botanic simple microscope, English, c. 1795. Hinge folding stand integral to wooden mahogany case, accessories include: 2 bone handle iron scalpels and tweezers or forceps. Spare hand lens

Bone tessera

Classical & Medieval Medicine

604-561

Bone tessera, rectangular with 4 inscriptions, given to a gladiator when he was granted his freedom, Roman.

Wax injected human left hand

Anatomy & Pathology

1831-1870

Preserved human left hand, mid 19th century

Rectangular double-edged comb

Asian Medicine

Bamboo and bone comb, rectangular, double edged, Chinese

Effigy of Medicine Man, North West Coast America, 1867-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1867-1900

Wooden statue of a medicine man, Haida Indian, North-West American

Small bone snuff box, cylindrical with wooden base

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

Small bone snuff box, cylindrical with wooden base and cork stopper, incised dot and ring design on body, French Congo, 1880-1915

Steel lancet in bone sheath, India, 1800-1899

Asian Medicine

Lancet, steel, in bone sheath, Indian

Japanese Dotchin balance with beam, pan, and weight

Weighing & Measuring

1870-1920

Japanese Dotchin balance in case with ivory and brass beam, metal pan and steelyard weight. Graduated with decimal divisions for ten Momme [3.74g]

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl, attached to fine b

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1915

Bone snuff spoon with two bowl, attached to fine beadwork necklace, probably arranged so that snuff can be conveyed to both nostrils at once, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1880-1915

Two enema syringes with rubber bulbs

Therapeutics

Two enema syringes with rubber bulbs

Uterine set, 19th century bone and possibly silver

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1900

Uterine set, 19th century bone and possibly silver

Cautery, steel and bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Cautery, steel and bone

Enema syringe, piston action, with bone nozzle

Therapeutics

Enema syringe, piston action, with bone nozzle

Bon syringe, piston-action

Surgery

Bon syringe, piston-action

Bone syringe, piston-action, 18th century

Surgery

1701-1800

Bone syringe, piston-action, 18th century

Brace and bit cranial trephine without bit, possib

Surgery

1601-1700

Brace and bit cranial trephine without bit, possibly 17th century

Bone nose pin, needle-like, with red wax head, Zul

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1920

Bone nose pin, needle-like, with red wax head, Zulu tribe, South Africa, 1890-1920

Knife, stone and bone, North American

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Knife, stone and bone, North American

Bone nozzle from enema syringe, European, 1870-192

Therapeutics

1870-1920

Bone nozzle from enema syringe, European, 1870-1920

Hand, transverse folding, spring spectacles, bone

Ophthalmology

1801-1920

Hand, transverse folding, spring spectacles, bone and white metal, European, 1801-1920

Japanese photograph album

Photographs

Photograph album with black lacquer covers. Front cover is ornamented with large figure of an eagle in mother of pearl, on branch made of none with mother of pearl flowers and two mother of pearl small beads. All pages and cover interiors are covered with hand painted silk showing Japanese scenery and flowers.

Probe or trocar

Asian Medicine

1801-1930

Probe(?), or trocar(?), steel and bone, Indian(?), 1801-1930

Disc-shaped box

Asian Medicine

Bone box, disc shaped, possibly Korean

Inro of two compartments with netsuke in form of clog

Asian Medicine

Bone inro, composed of two compartments held together by cord, with ceramic netsuke in the form of a clog, Japanese

Stylised skull on tall pillar

Asian Medicine

Bone or ivory skull, somewhat stylised, with a snake crawling through the eye sockets, on a tall pillar mounted on a wooden block, probably Japanese

Stylised model of skeleton

Asian Medicine

Bone model of a skeleton, somewhat stylised, articulated, possibly Japanese