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Gunter sector signed Elias Allen

Mathematics

1623

Pre-balance-spring era watch movement by Thomas Tompion c.1671

Clockmakers

1671

Albarello drug jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1600-1700

Longcase clock movement by Thomas Bradford

Clockmakers

1690-1695

Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

Clockmakers

1625

Pulley from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Silver sundial by Hunfrey Cole

Time Measurement

1568-1590

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

Clockmakers

1640

Altitude quadrant

Astronomy

1552

Model of early manual fire engine, ca. 1680.

Firefighting

1680

Tin-glazed earthenware syrup jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1601-1700

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Gilt-metal and engraved silver verge watch by James Valtrolier

Clockmakers

1622-1628

Compendium by Augustine Ryther

Time Measurement

1588

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

Surveying

1663

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Early English verge watch by Michael Nouwen

Clockmakers

1600

Morland's calculating machine, engraved "Samuel Morland, Inventor, 1666"

Mathematics

1666-1680

Compendium by Elias Allen

Time Measurement

1630-1653

Silver form watch, in the shape of a cockle shell by Richard Masterson, c.1630

Clockmakers

1630

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

Mathematics

1600-1699

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

Brass-bound lodestone

Navigation

1675-1700

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

Time Measurement

1660-1665

Verge watch by Peter Debaufre with later modification by Alexander Cumming, London

Clockmakers

1700

Oval crystal-cased verge watch with outer case and ribbon with miniature and locket by A Senebier

Clockmakers

1630

Black and white enamel verge watch by Goullons, Paris

Clockmakers

1650

Travelling 'coach' watch by Edward East

Clockmakers

1640-1660

Ivory tool handle, signed Tho. Tompion Fecit

Clockmakers

1601-1700

Lantern clock by Francis Forman

Clockmakers

1630

Earthenware jug

Medical Ceramic-ware

1601-1700

Replica of Torricelli's first barometer, 1643.

Meteorology

1643

Papier-mâché acupuncture figure, Japan, 1601-1700

Asian Medicine

1601-1700

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649

CAROLVS II.

Wenceslaus Hollar

1667

Bed pan, England, 1501-1700

Public Health & Hygiene

1501-1700

'De humani corporis fabrica' by Vesalius, published Basel, Switerland, 1555

Printed Books

1555

Watch movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

Clockmakers

1680

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

Clockmakers

1690

Silver pair-cased verge escapement watch by Benjamin Wolverstone

Clockmakers

1670

Silver pair-cased astronomical watch

Clockmakers

1660

Compendium rule signed Humfrey Cole

Mathematics

1574

Pill tile, England, 1617-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1617-1700

Spring clock with pull quarter-repeat by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1700

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1640

Sundial by Elias Allen

Clockmakers

1625-1635

Watch movement by Thomas Tompion

Clockmakers

1692

Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Silver watch in the shape of a dove by Soret et Jay

Clockmakers

1630-85