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

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

1568-1590

Silver star-shaped verge watch by David Ramsay

1625

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

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Henley needle galvanometer, 1855-1860

1855-1860

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

2010

Lancets in ornate silver case

1801-1900

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

Hull Barnsley & West Riding Junction Railway first sod box

'Memoriad' World Memory Championship trophy

circa 1995

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

1843-1875

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

1860-1866

Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

1501-1599

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

Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son

1755-1765

Section of Superconducting cable

2013

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

Gold minute repeating watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1784

Oval shaped watch by Sampson Shelton

1640

Decorative mother-of-pearl case for lancets

1803-1847

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

Catheter, female, silver

1801-1900

Medal for Airship Race 10-11 October 1908 in Berlin

1908

medal, silver, diamond shape

1718

Medal commemorating siege of Hamburg

1714

Medal, silver, diamond shaped

1712

Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown

1776-1777

Silver medal commemorating cholera commission of Amsterdam

1832

Buddhist ritual dagger (pur-ba)

1701-1900

Pocket Dial Thermometer (Bourdon-type), 19th Century

1801-1900

Noberts micrometer microscope by Nobert, Friedrich Adolph

Chuckrum board, Indian, late 19th century.

late 19th century

Box of drawing instruments made by Kern & Cie

Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)

1778

Turkish Coin

Colonial threepence coin of George III

1816

Card-counter coin of King of Spain

Thirty Oboli coin of the Ionian Islands

1834

Card-counter coin of King Edward the Confessor

Card-counter coin of King Henry IV

Two Reales of Carlos III

1761