Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Napier's Bones

1690

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Sun-and-moon dial by Elias Allen

1607-1653

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Early balance spring watch by Thomas Tompion

1675-1679

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

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 movement with a quarter-repeating mechanism of early design by Thomas Tompion.

1680

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Watch by David Margotin with a Blois Enamelled Case

1601-1700

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

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

1525-1550

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

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

1550-1575

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

Canopic jar featuring portrait of Imseti

1400-700 BCE

Tin glazed earthenware pill tile

1601-1700

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Otter's paw mounted on brooch

1580-1650

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Compendium by Elias Allen

1630-1653