James Watt's Garret Workshop
1765
Brass handle from an anatomist's syringe, part of the first model of a separate steam engine condenser by James Watt, 1765.
Classical & Medieval Medicine
2050-1750
Clay replica of a clay model of sheep's liver, used for divination instruction, original Babylonian, original 2050BC-1750BC
2050-1750 BCE
Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC
Printed Books
1782
Book: J.A. Brambilla, Instrumentum Chirurgicum Militare (Vienna 1782) (ex Signet Library, Edinburgh. From the Science Museum, Wellcome Museum of the History of Medicine library. Located at the Science Museum Library at Wroughton. Shelfmark: F O.B. BRA BRAMBILLA.
Astronomy
1755-1775
Machine for dividing and ruling the brass meridian rings of globes &c, made by James Ferguson
Nursing & Hospital Furnishings
1764
Silver posset pot, with two handles but no spout, repousse decoration, hallmarked in London, by Jacob Marsh, English, 1764
1758-1769
Boxwood scale, unsigned, United Kingdom,
Medical Ceramic-ware
1751-1780
Tin glazed earthenware drug jar, peacock motif, used for simple water germander electuary, Dutch, 1751-1980
1780
1 Selectae Eveteri testamento historiae. By J. Pote, MDCCLXXX. Cloth bds. 6⅝” x 4”
1762
1 A compendious Treatise of Anatomy. Printed for Robert Sayer MDCCLXII. Paper cover 16½” x 10¾”
1784
1 Selectae Eprofanis [sic; e Profanis?] Scriptoribus Historiae. C. Bathhurst, MDCCLXXXIV. Leather 7” x 4”
Microscopes
1754
Ayscough's Universal microscope, by James Ayscough, London, 1754. Signed "Ayscough, London, fecit No 23". In mahogany case containing a smaller mahogany cabinet for accessories. Lock and key missing
Firefighting
1766
Length of riveted leather delivery hose.
Ceramics
c. 1768-70
Small porcelain teacup with painted flowers and gilt decoration, marked with blue cross used at Cookworthy's and Champion's Bristol factory, c. 1768-1770
1758-1773
One of eight long pieces of ebony, partly pierced - violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.
1769
Coade Stone fragment, (twice fired mixture of clay and grog used for architectural mouldings), c.1769
18 Small lenses, in paper
Short piece of ebony, partly sunk to fit in back of one of the long pieces. violin fingerboards made by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, to the design of Charles Clagget, 1758-1769.
10 Concave glasses ground on outside
Weighing & Measuring
1753-1754
Jonathan Hulls and Wm. Bradford's patent "Counterfeit Coin Detector", 8" long. In its original black stamped papier-mache case, c.1753
1760-1780
Old wooden microscope made at Nuremburg, 1760-1780
Motive Power
1777
Wooden base for a component from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine, viz "Old Bess", by Boulton, Watt and Company and Soho Manufactory, England, 1777
1754-1782
Silhouette of S C T Demainbray (1710-1782)
Mathematics
1772
Carpenter's sliding joint-rule by I Trafford, Oxford, England, dated 1772. Marked with possible owner, George Barnet, Grindon.
Tinplated iron cylinder, main component part of the first model of a separate steam engine condenser by James Watt, 1765. Taken from the contents of the private workshop of James Watt from his house of Heathfield, Birmingham, where he lived from 1790 to his death in 1819.
King George III
1753
Model corn mill, maker unknown, Lyons, 1753. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.
1750-1755
Gilt bronze "arithmetical medal" sold by J.Maddux at the "Hand and Pen", Brook Street, Holbourn, c. 1753
"Arithmetical medal and numerical pocket piece" by I. Maddux
Surveying
1750-1763
Circumferentor by G. Adams of London, used in 1763 on the survey of the Mason-Dixon line, 1725-1763
Time Measurement
1773
Verge watch in silver inner case (outer case missing) by Geo. Graham, London, no.5175. Chester hallmarked 1773, verge broken
Cylinder watch in pinchbeck enamelled case, by Josiah Emery, London, no.2438, 1760-1780. The enamel is painted on the back with an image of a man wearing a crown, perhaps religious figure or a monarch.
1765-1775
Adams 'Variable' microscope with accessories, in fitted mahogany case, by George Adams, 60 Fleet Street, London, c. 1770.
1767
Silver pap boat, circular with repousse design on sides, hallmarked in London, possibly by William Sheer, English, 1767
Boxwood scale, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used by James Watt in his Glasgow workshop.
1 Brass sector
1 Brass gauge or scriber
1756
Pair of storage vases, made by P. Criscuolo at Castelli in 1756, decorated with scenes of Death of Absalom and St Peter's escape from prison, tin-glazed earthenware
Optics
1750
Diagonal Spy Glass (Jealousy glass, c.1750), black ivory, in shaped sharkskin case
Ldestone in silver case with keeper, made by George Adams, Fleet Street, London,
Anatomy & Pathology
1776-1780
Case for Wax male figure showing muscles, in case, Italian, 1776-1780
1751
Demonstration of friction bearings made by George Graham, Fleet Street, London, before 1751. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.
1 Exempla Minora or New English Examples to be rendered into Latin. J. Pote, MDCCLXXXII. Leather 6” x 3½”
1 Exercises for schoolboys to translate into Latin. By J. Garretson, Schoolmaster, MDCCLXXVII, Cloth bds. 6¾” x 4”.
1783
1 A New English-Latin Dictionary. By John Entick M.A. MDCCLXXXIII. Leather 5½” x 5¼”
Electricity and Magnetism
Double Leyden jar (two small Leyden jars that can be joined base to base)
2 Long brass thumbscrews
Convex lens in wooden stand, maker unknown, c.1750. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.
