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Marine Timekeeper known as 'H5' by John Harrison and Son 1770

1770

Dental Pelican for Tooth Pulling

1701-1800

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Arkwright's Water Frame

1775

Napier's Bones

1690

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Anamorphosis Painting of Perspective View of a Ship Model

1744-1774

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Facial mask

1501-1800

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775

1775

Scold's Bridle Mask which partially covers face

1550-1800

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Seal die, Ashby De La Zouch Canal Company

1794

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Demainbray's Archimedean screw

1752

Mezzotint portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1762

Demainbray's syphon

1701-1752

Pair of bar magnets in box

1750-1795

Divers Projets

1798

Etching of an electrically powered garden

1755

Demainbray's polemoscope

1701-1752

Demainbray's speaking trumpet

1700-1752

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Demainbray's hydrostatic paradox vessels

1735-1752

Demainbray's turquoise disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's yellow disc

1745-1755

Demainbray's Irish low-backed cart model

1735-1754.

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Stipple-engraved portrait of Margaret Bryan and two children

1797

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

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

1640

Watch in an octagonal silver case by Robert Grebauval

1625

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

'Souscription' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1800

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

'Early 'perpetuelle' watch by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1783-1800

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

1601-1700

Repeating watch by William Andreas Enderlin with enamel in the manner of Jean Mussard V

1700-1725

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Repeating watch with unusual escapement by Abraham-Louis Breguet

1795

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725