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Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit

1969

Sealed packet of CoolTherm cooling gel

2000-2002

test sticks

2001

immunoassay

2001

Amulet resembling twisted horn

1860-1910

Packet of combined contraceptive pills

1983

Pair of child's embroidered shoes

1870-1910

Pair of wooden soled shoes

1870-1910

Sir Patrick Moore's 'Moonshine' white wine

1982-2012

immunoassay

2001

Two packets of combined contraceptive pills

1982

Packet of combined contraceptive pills, monophasic "Ovulen 50"

1986

Cast of Chinese lady's deformed foot with legging and embroidered shoe

1870-1910

Packaging for Paxlovid

2022

Pair of soled pattens

1870-1910

Pair of shoes with wedge-like heels, worn by Chinese lady with bound feet

1870-1910

Packet of combined contraceptive pills

1986

Beer bottle, 'Cheltenham Flyer Ale' made by Whitbread & Co PLC, Gloucester. Best before 10/1985. Bottle full of liquid. Made for Great Western Railway 150 year anniversary. Overall: 237 mm x 56 mm.

Commemorative bottle of Cheltenham Flyer Ale - GWR 150 Years

1985

6 grain weight

3 grain weight

3 grain weight

4 grain weight

5 grain weight

Bottle of beer, British Rail InterCity, Celebration Ale, No 081 of limited edition of 500, brewed by Adnams of Southwold in celebration of 21 Years of InterCity catering, 1987.

InterCity Celebration ale

1987

Packet of 10 Triludan (terfenadine 60mg) antihistamine tablets, made by Marion Merrell Ltd., UK, in 1999. This drug was withdrawn from sale in 1997 due to evidence that combining it with grapefruit juice could lead to cardiac arrhythmia. Production was subsequently discontinued.

Packet of 10 Triludan (terfenadine 60mg) antihistamine tablets

1999

Thermal foil cloak, issued to runners on finishing the 1988 London Marathon, English, 1988

Thermal foil cloak

1988

Beer bottle,empty, Camerons beer, good condition, label reads 'Camerons George Stephenson Special 1825 - 1975' with a depiction of 'Rocket' in red ink

Commemorative bottle of Cameron's George Stephenson Special

1975

Beer bottle, Cameron's George Stephenson Special 1825 - 1975, label illustrated with a depiction of 'Rocket' in red ink; bottle empty but cap and foil replaced.

Commemorative bottle of Cameron's George Stephenson Special

1975

Box of 25 PA-AST Panel U-0501 cartridges, for the rapid and automated analysis of urine samples to accurately identify bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment, winner of the Longitude Prize on AMR (antimicrobial resistance), made by Sysmex Astrego, Sweden, 2024

PA-AST Panel U-0501 cartridges

2024

4 grain weight

5 grain weight

6 grain weight

1 grain weight

2 grain weight

Beer bottle, 1/2 pint, with contents, brown glass, McEwans Centenary Ale, British Rail Travellers Fare 1979, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Restaurant Car Service, Leeds to London (Kings Cross), 1879. Bottle: 200 mm 56 mm.

McEwan's Centenary Ale

1979

Bottle of beer, Arkells Bitter, in brown bottle with commemorative label, 'Paddington 125th Anniversary 1854-1979 British Rail Western Region', brewed by J Arkell & Sons, Kingsdown Brewery, Swindon. Overall: 200 mm x 60 mm.

Arkell's Bitter - Paddington 125th Anniversary

1979

Box number 6, containing; Norman 200B Battery pack with leather shoulder/waist strap; Norman Charger; Norman LH2 200 watt Lamphead (holds bulb and reflectors) with adapter and transparent, domed slave sync; 4 Norman flashbulbs; plastic bag containing 2 Norman flash connectors and 1 very long flash sync lead; Norman silver 9" reflector (2H); Norman white 6" reflector with diffuser attached (2D RP); Norman silver 6" hammered reflector (2D); Norman Light Modifier (CF5 - black plastic with yellow bands); Norman heavy duty hinged bracket; Norman jointed lamp holder, tripod or lightstand mount (R4108); 15cm lead; double cable enabling use of 2 lampheads. Part of Shirley Beljon "Time Capsule" collection.

Norman 200B Portvale Flash Equipment

1978-1987

Model constructed to promote Cadbury's `Smash' mashed potato as part of an advertising campaign, 1970-1974: Cat.

'Smash Martian' model cat

1970-1975

Cardboard container, red covering, hinged lid, contains four annealing slides, four pieces of bone and two teeth, box by Roberts and Co., personal relic of Mr Claud Woakes (1870-1930), senior Aural Surgeon, London Throat Hospital, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (London).

Cardboard container

1870-1930

Two packets of combined contraceptive pills, "Ovran 30", monophasic, with instruction leaflets, by Wyeth Laboratories, English, 1983

Ovran-30 contraceptive pills

1983

Plaster casts of pair of deformed feet, mounted on card, both have legs bound with cloth, shoe on one foot, other shoe mounted separately on card, Chinese, 1801-1850

Casts of pair of deformed feet with shoes

1801-1850

Pair of plaster cast feet and lower legs, legs bound with silk, wearing embroidered silk shoes, Chinese, 1870-1910

Pair of cast feet and lower bound legs wearing shoes

1870-1910

Two packets of combined contraceptive pills "Ovysmen 0.5/35", monophasic, with instruction leaflets, by Ortho-Cliag Pharmaceutical Ltd., England, 1982

Ovysmen contraceptive pills

1982

Nine foil filled flash bulbs with a bayonet ap. Marked A.M. 5C/542. In wartime pack. General Electric Company, England, c.1940.

Sashalite Photoflash Bulbs

1935-1945

Brewster type viewer with curved sides. Separate prismatic lenses. Supplementary lenses are on the internal frame and are brought into position by an external knob. There is a foil cover over the flap. The back is misting. 'Cooke's 692A patent'. Negretti and Zambra, photographers to the Crystal Palace, Hatton Garden, London.

Negretti and Zambra 'Cooke Patent' Stereoscope