Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Napier's Bones

1690

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Octagonal crystal-cased watch by an unknown maker

1610

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

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

1601-1700

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Small drum-shaped clock from the second quarter of the 16th Century

1525-1550

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Ivory folding sundial by Jacob Karner

1630

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

Pharmacy storage jar depicting St John the Baptist

1501-1600

Tin glazed earthenware albarello

1601-1630

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Clock weight from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Gear wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Escape wheel from long-case clock by Fromanteel

1660-1665

Early London made pendulum clock by Edward East

1601-1700

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

Table clock by Richard Baker

1675-1700

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

Drum shaped clock from the third quarter of the 16th Century

1550-1575

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Pill tile, England, 1617-1700

1617-1700