Longcase clock by Isaac Jackson, Wylam, ordered by Robert Stephenson in 1857 and installed in the General Manager's Office at R. Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works, Newcastle, 14.12.1858 Longcase clock, Stephenson & Co's Locomotive Works Railway Timepieces 1857
James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his original patent of 1857 no. 1680, modified by Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co. to gauge 0 to 2 inches reading to thousandths of an inch (Whitworth Works no. 119) James Cocker's patent decimal gauge (micrometer) from his or Industrial Metrology earliest 1857
Seal matrix, Perth, Almond Valley & Methven Railway, depicting the arms and motto of Perth, ‘PRO REGE LEGE ET GREGE ‘For the King, the law and the people’, incorporated 1856. Seal Matrix (correct), Perth, Almond Valley & Methven Railwa Railway Heraldry 1856
122x100mm dark brown union case 'The Gypsy Fortune Teller' by A. P. Critchlow and Company. Trade paper inside. Design both sides. Lined with purple plush with formal design in centre. No mat or frame. No picture. Rectangular Union Case 'The Gypsy Fortune Teller', A P Critchlow Photographs c. 1857
100x125mm dark brown rectangular union case same as 1990-5036/UC01, UC02 and UC14. Exterior design has a central scene showing people dancing with a man playing a fiddle on the left and a decorative border of flowers, bread and corn. No picture. Union Case 'The Country Dance' Manufactured by S. Peck and Company Photographs c. 1856
Trowel, used by Robert Hodgson in laying the foundation stone of the Jarrow Docks of the north 50 feet lock, on 25th September 1856. Originally presented to him as a momento. Engraved with details of the event. Commemorative trowel used by Robert Hodgson, Jarrow Docks Miscellanea & Curiosities pre 1856
Bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway, embossed 'C&G Mears Founders London 1855, Stockton & Darlington Railway'. Bell, Stockton & Darlington Railway Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings 1855
Collection of locomotive components from Neilson locomotives shipwrecked off Islay, 1857. islay shipwreck components Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components 1857
4 lancets, steel and mother of pearl, English, in silver case made in Birmingham, 1853 Four lancets in engraved silver case Therapeutics 1853
Model of hand-driven intermittent opposite direction rotary motion apparatus, on mahogany stand Kinematics 1857
