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Category
Collection
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Object type
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Place of origin
Date

Prototype for the 'Anniversary' wristwatch by George Daniels and Roger Smith

2010

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

Model steam road vehicle, full sized replica of experimental model of approx 1/8 scale

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Watch with Prest's keyless winding by John Roger Arnold

1821

English lever escapement watch with Karrusel by S Smith and Son

1897

Watch by Vulliamy, London

Silver model of the Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross Station

1867-1868

Lancets in ornate silver case

1801-1900

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

Section of Superconducting cable

2013

Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway first sod box

'Memoriad' World Memory Championship trophy

circa 1995

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Pocket Watch, Caledonian Railway

British Empire medal awarded to fireman Albert George Powell Marsh

1955

Fire Service One Man Drill medal - G.F. Keen

1940

Oval shaped watch by Sampson Shelton

1640

Casket presented to Francis William Webb

1899

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Pocket watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1700

Silver microscope by George Adams, c. 1761.

1763

Repeating watch movement by Vulliamy

1800

Silver watch by Thomas Taylor

1658

Decorative mother-of-pearl case for lancets

1803-1847

Silver thimble, used to pass a current through the 1866 Transatlantic cable, 1860-1866

1860-1866

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

1501-1599

Cryptograph (coding and decoding machine) by Sir Charles Wheatstone, 1843-1875

1843-1875

Silver gelatin print by Camera Press/L'Europeo. Printed Caption on verso reads: "U.S. Film Stars: ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Reports that scenes of Elizabeth Taylor in the nude were shot for the film 'Cleopatra' brought criticism from some quarters. This picture shows that such shots were made".

Elizabeth Taylor nude shot for "Cleopatra"

1963

Voluntary Medical Service

Glass-stoppered bottle containing silver

1801-1892 (prepared)

Set of five commemorative medals/ ingots on plaque

2011

Perpetual Calendar in silver

1790-1860

Pocket Watch with Keyless Winding by Payne & Co, 1845-1855

1845-1855

Pocket watch in silver case

hallmarked 1795

Pocket watch with silver on case

1655-1665

Manchester Salford and District Building Trades Employers Association Commemorative Dish

1951

Presentation Kettle to Mr Allcard by Buddicom & Co’s Workshops

1853

Universal pocket sundial

1701-1721

Verge watch by Johannes van Ceulen of the Hague, 1690-1700.

1690-1700.

Pocket watch with dial missing, in silver case

1775-1790

George Cross and case

1965

Cased set of catheters

1750-1900

Medal awarded at the London Exhibition, 1873

1873

Octagonal silver sundial in case

1701-1750

Set of Chinese weights

Prize medal awarded to M. Duchaussoy at Aumale

1835

Vaccination Medal Award, 1831

1804-1831

Medal, silver, commemorating Joseph Philip Dean 1780-1782

1782