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Bronze medal celebrating Louis XV's return to health after an illness, by F.M. and Duvivier, French, 1744

Bronze medal celebrating Louis XV's return to heal

Wellcome Medals

1744

Humorous gilt medal commemorating Maria Theresa's ascendency over Charles VII in Hungary, European, 1744 to 1780. Possibly Austrian.

Humorous gilt medal commemorating Maria Theresa's

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1742-1744

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750), by G.ADAMS LONDON, with apparatus in mahogany case to demonstrate the laws of pneumatics including the following experiments: Magdeburg hemisphere; Guinea and featherweight lifter (with index dial); Shower of mercury; Bell and water pump in vacuo; Bladder glass, etc.

Double action air pump with vacuum gauge (c. 1750)

Vacuum Technology

1750

Ceramics polychrom bottle, glazed earthenware, Italy, dated 1745

Ceramics polychrom bottle, glazed earthenware, Ita

Medical Ceramic-ware

1745

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Pope Clement XII and also quarantine hospital(?) built in a harbour, designed by O. Hamerani, Italian 1734

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Pope Clement X

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1734

Silver medal commemorating Pope Clement XII, Lorenzo Carsini by Hamerani

Silver medal commemorating Pope Clement XII, Loren

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1730-1740

Circular silver medal, commemorates a flood in the Netherlands, designed by N.V.S., Dutch 1741

Circular silver medal, commemorates a flood in the

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1741

Bronze medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School, artist Duvivier, depicts G.J. de L' Epine, medal French, 1746

Bronze medal, Deans Medal of Paris Medical School,

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1746

Poids de Marc weight, 1735, in black fishskin case. Made at l'Enseigne de L'A, Rue St Denis, Paris

Weight in fishskin case

Weighing & Measuring

1735

Silver medal commemorating Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672-1753) by Higessner, Swiss(?), 1732

Silver medal commemorating Johann Jacob Scheuchzer

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1732

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Gottfried Thomasius and Johann Volckamer, two Nuremberg physicians, designed by Andreas Vestner, German, 1741

Circular bronze medal, commemorates Gottfried Thom

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1741

Silver medal to commemorate the Belgian Federation 1750, by J.G. Holtzhey, Belgium, 1750

Medal to commemorate the Belgian Federation

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1750

Delft posset pot, Liverpool, 1744

Posset pot

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1744

Earthenware food warmer or veilleuse, tin-glazed, Lambeth or Southwark, about 1750

Food warmer

Medical Ceramic-ware

1750

Medal, silver, of the Law Faculty, of Paris University, 1747, by L.L., French, 1747

Medal, silver, of the Law Faculty, of Paris Univer

Wellcome Medals

1747

Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE

Sample of cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1738

Watch movement by R. Markham with experimental escapement (incomplete), by Robert Markham, London, 1736-1740

Watch movement with experimental escapement

Time Measurement

1736-1740

Centre-seconds stop-watch by Jno. Archer, London. (Minute hand missing), London, 1737-1738

Centre-seconds stop-watch

Time Measurement

1737-1738

Clay tobacco pipe, by WB, made in England 1730-1740

Clay tobacco pipe, by WB, made in England 1730-174

Smoking

1730-1740

Scroll-type Culpeper microscope, by Mann & Ayscough, with accessories, London, England, c. 1745

Culpeper microscope by Mann and Ayscough, c. 1745

Microscopes

1740-1750

Straight spectacles, steel frame, English, 1750-1830

Straight spectacles, steel frame, English, 1750-18

Ophthalmology

1750-1730

Circular brass weight, to weigh gold for making moidore coins, English, 1747

Circular brass weight, to weigh gold for making mo

Pharmacy-ware

1747

Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp, shaped like a case, elliptical in section, sliding inner container with rasp on outer sheath, engraved William Davi, In ye Tower London, 1744, T. Shaw, maker, English, 1744

Steel tobacco box-cum-snuff rasp (?) or snuff rasp

Smoking

1744

Malt House, mid-18th century style. Model, scale 1:24, cutaway, anotated.

Model of a malthouse, 1748.

Biotechnology

1748

Silver medal or token designed by M.H., commemorating bread of diaconal church, Dutch, 1741

Silver medal or token designed by M.H., commemorat

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1741

Silver medal commemorating William Prince of Orange and Nassau, by Holtzhey, Dutch, 1734

Medal commemorating William Prince of Orange and Nassau

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1734

Copper flanged pump plate on brass pipe with tap

King George III

c. 1750

Bronze medal, commemorates the recovery of Louis XV, and possibly the people in general, from an epidemic and the erection of a monument, artist FM, medal French, 1744

Bronze medal, commemorates the recovery of Louis X

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1744

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the recovery of King Louis XV from illness in 1744, made in France by F.M., 1744

Circular bronze medal, commemorates the recovery o

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1744

Silver(?) medal, relates to the lands of Haynault, medal artist F.M., French 1743

Silver(?) medal, relates to the lands of Haynault,

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1743

Brass medal, with illustration of St. Martin and the beggar, Europe, dated 1735

Brass medal, with illustration of St. Martin and t

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1735

Lead-glazed earthenware albarello, monochrome decoration, Gubbio or Venetian, Italian, 1736, signed

Lead-glazed earthenware albarello, monochrome deco

Medical Ceramic-ware

1736

Silver vinaigrette, oval, with hinged lid, body bears engraved decoration, possibly Dutch, imported and hallmarked in Edinburgh, 1737-1739

Silver vinaigrette, oval, with hinged lid, body be

Pharmacy-ware

1737-1739

Bronze medal commemorating visit of six merchant groups to the Tuilleries to compliment Royal family on restoration to health of Louis XV and his family, French, 1744

Bronze medal commemorating visit of six merchant g

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1744

Medal, silver, commemorating Elias Col de Vilars, Dean of Paris Medical Faculty, 1744, and also the rebuilding of the medical amphitheatre at Paris, in 1744, Duvivier, artist, French, 1744

Medal, silver, commemorating Elias Col de Vilars,

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1744

Small silver medal with reeded edge, commemorating H.T.Baron as Dean of the Paris Faculty of Medicine, for the second term, by Joseph Charles Roethiers, French, 1734

Small silver medal with reeded edge, commemorating

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1734

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School, commemorates H.T. Baron, artist J.C. Roettiers(?), medal French, 1732

Copper medal, Deans medal of Paris Medical School,

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1732

Silver medal commemorating H.T. Baron, dean of Paris Medical Faculty, medal designed by Joseph Charles Roettiers, French, 1732

Silver medal commemorating H.T. Baron, dean of Par

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1732

Silver medal of the Royal Academy, Rouen, by Depaulis, France, 1744

Silver medal of the Royal Academy, Rouen, by Depau

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1744

Copper medal, Deans Medal of the Paris Medical School, commemorates J. Martinenq, artist Duvivier, medal French, 1748

Medal to commemorate

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1748

Circular silver medal, commemorates the French Surgical Society, Louis XV illustrated on reverse, by Louis Michel Petit, French, 1741

Circular silver medal, commemorates the French Surgical Society

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1741

Medal, silver, of the Royal Academy of Surgeons, Paris, 1741, by F.M., French, 1741

Medal, silver, of the Royal Academy of Surgeons, P

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1741

Medal, silver, of the Royal Academy of Surgeons, Paris, 1741, by F.M., French, 1741

Medal, silver, of the Royal Academy of Surgeons, P

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1741

Medal, copper, commemorating the Stanislas Academy, 1750, founded by Stanislaus I of Poland, by Borrel, French, 1750

Medal commemorating the Stanislas Academy of Poland

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1750

Medal, cast bronze, commemorating Antonio Cocchi, Italian physician, naturalist and philosopher, 50th anniversary of birth, by Antonio Selvi, Italian, 1745

Medal, cast bronze, commemorating Antonio Cocchi,

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1745

Bronze medal with ridged border commemorating Paulus Sebastianus Arrighi, Italian(?), 1744

Bronze medal with ridged border commemorating Paul

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1744

Silver medal, commemorates the hard winter weather experienced 1739-1740, artist unknown, medal German 1740

Silver medal, commemorates the hard winter weather

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1740

Circular white metal medal, commemorates Christopher Jacobus Trew, a German physician, designed by Vestner, 1736-1740

Circular white metal medal, commemorates Christoph

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1736-1740

Silver medal commemorating Belgian peace after Austrian succession, (during which France annexed Belgium) and restoration of Austrian rule, by Holtzhey, Belgian, 1750

Silver medal commemorating Belgian peace after Aus

Wellcome Medals

1750