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

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

1700-1752

Demainbray's Newcomen engine model

1720

Model steam locomotive, gauge `0' tinplate, LMS 0-4-0T No.22

1939

Early Sikes' hydrometer 6 1/2" long

1802

'Kombi' Early Miniature Camera

1895

Instrument possibly used to observe atmospheric electricity

model beam engine, 1821

1821

Glass IPT D hydrometer by unknown maker

1930-1980

Model of Halley's diving bell

1752

Lorentz 'Instantaneous light machine', 1807-1820.

1807-1820

Clockwork roasting jack

Model railway wagon gauge `1' tinplate, 4-wheeled tank wagon No.23, private owner, Shields and Brown, by Bing, Germany, c.1910

Model railway wagon gauge `1' tinplate

1910

Model railway wagon gauge `1' tinplate, Great Northern Railway 8-ton, 4-wheeled box van No. 2882, supplied by Gamages, London, probably by Bing, Germany, c.1910

Model railway wagon gauge `1' tinplate

1910

Model railway signalbox, `O' gauge tinplate electric, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway signalbox, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway turntable, `O' gauge tinplate, 8-road, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway turntable, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway wagon , gauge `O' tinplate 4-wheeled 12-ton box van No.282095, LMS brown livery, by Hornby, England, c.1939

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1939

Model railway wagons (3), `O' gauge tinplate, 4-wheeled timber, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway level crossing, `O' gauge tinplate, for clockwork layout, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway level crossing

1955

Model railway wagon, gauge `O' tinplate, 4-wheeled 4-plank open wagon No.12530, LMS dark stone livery, by Hornby, England, c.1939.

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1939

Model railway station `O' gauge tinplate, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway station, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway carriage, `O' gauge tinplate, LNER 4-wheeled brake, teak livery, by Hornby, England, c.1939

Model ralway carriage, O gauge tinpate

1939

Model railway wagon, `O' gauge tinplate, mechanical snowplough, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway track, `O' gauge tinplate, acute-angle (15 o) crossing, 2" radius boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway track, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway buffers, `O' gauge tinplate, with electric lights, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway buffers

1955

Model railway signal, `O' gauge tinplate, double-arm home and distant boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway signal, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway carriage, gauge `O' tinplate LMS 4-wheeled composite, red livery boxed by Hornby, England, c.1939

Model railway carriage

1939

Model railway wagon, `0' gauge tinplate, bogie timber, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate, bogie timber, by Ho

1950

Model steam locomotive, `O' gauge tinplate, LNER 0-4-0 No.4-4-4, clockwork, by Hornby, England, c.1947

Model locomotive, London & North Eastern Railway

1947

Model railway buffers, `OO' gauge tinplate No.1 spring loaded, boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway buffers, Hornby

1955

Model railway loading gauge, `O' gauge tinplate, boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway loading gauge

1955

Model railway wagon, `O' gauge tinplate, cable-carrying bogie wagon, by Hornby, England, c.1955 with two cable drums labelled "B I Cables"

Model railway wagon

1955

Model steam locomotive 'o' gauge tinplate, clockwork, Midland Railway 2-4-4 T No.2000.( Modified from 0-6-4 T) Originally made by Bing, Germany, c 1912.

Model clockwork steam locomotive, c 1912

1907-1917

Model railway carriage, gauge `1' tinplate, London and North Western Railway bogie 1st class No.1921, by Bing, Germany for Bassett-Lowke, Northampton, c 1910.

Model London & North Western Railway carriage

1905-1915

Model signal gantry, gauge 1 tinplate, Bing, c.1900

Model signal gantry

1900

Model ship, Twin-Screw Steamship `Scotia', made by William Denny & Brothers Ltd of Dumbarton for the London & North Western Railway in 1921. In glass and wooden case. The model represents the steamship ‘Scotia’, which operated on the Irish Sea ferry service from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire. From 1923 the ‘Scotia’ was owned and operated by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway. It was sunk in June 1940 after being bombed by German aircraft during the Dunkirk evacuations. Model reputed to have been displayed in Wolverhampton railway station.

Model twin-screw steamship 'Scotia', London & North Western Railway/London Midland & Scottish Railway

1921

Model engine shed, gauge 1 tinplate, Bing, c.1915

Model engine shed

1915

Model railway sign, `O' gauge, tinplate, for `Horlick', by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway sign, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway signalbox, `O' gauge tinplate, by Hornby, England, c.1955

Model railway signalbox, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway wagon, gauge `O' tinplate, 4-wheeled flat wagon with timber load, by Hornby, England, c.1939

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1939

Model railway wagon `O' gauge tinplate, cement wagon `Portland Cement', by Hornby, England, c.1950

portland cement

1950

Model railway wagon, gauge `O' tinplate, 4-wheel pipe wagon black with red load, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway wagon, gauge `O' tinplate 4-wheeled tank wagon `Pool', by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway wagon, gauge `O' tinplate 4-wheeled 8-ton cattle wagon No.B893334, BR livery boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway wagon, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway carriage, gauge `O' tinplate, LMS 4-wheeled composite, red livery, boxed, by Hornby, England, c.1939

Model railway carriage, gauge `0' tinplate, LMS 4-wheeled co

1939

Model railway carriage `O' gauge tinplate, No.2 bogie coach, LMS brake end No.6844, by Hornby, England, c.1950

Model railway carriage `O' gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway carrige, `O' gauge, tinplate, London & North Eastern Railway, 4-wheeled composite, teak livery, by Hornby, England, c.1939.

Model railway carrige, gauge `O' tinplate, LNER 4-wheeled co

1939

Model railway carriage, `O' gauge tinplate, No.2 bogie Pullman car, by Hornby, England, c. 1950

Model railway carriage, O gauge tinplate

1950

Model railway level crossing, `O' gauge, tinplate type D1, boxed, by Hornby, England, c. 1955

Model railway level crossing, O gauge tinplate

1955

Model railway buffers `O' gauge, tinplate, No.1 spring-locked, by Hornby, England, c.1960

Model railway buffers, O gauge tinplate

1960