Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

Napier's Bones

1690

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Barnard Tompion clock

1708

Boot for torture purposes, probably English, 1501-1600

1501-1700

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

1501-1600

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Belt made of spiked metal, Europe, 1501-1700

1501-1700

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

Combined graphometer and plummet clinometer, 1663.

1663

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

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

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

1700-1725

Wandering hour watch by Sinclare, Dublin, c.1690

1690

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Ivory folding sundial by Jacob Karner

1630

Brass-bound lodestone

1675-1700

Pair of seventeenth-century dividers

1600-1699

Watch with faceted oval rock crystal case and protective outer case by John Ramsay

1625

Octagonal crystal-cased watch by an unknown maker

1610

Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements

1670

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

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

1525-1550

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

1550-1575

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Small bronze bell shaped mortar

1590

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

1601-1750

Pewter teapot, with straight and turned wooden handle, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

wheel cutting machine

1668-1672 Probable

Telescope by John Yarwell.

1685-1695

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Gunter quadrant by Walter Hayes

1648-1687

Telescope by Christopher Cock

1673

Gunter quadrant

1650-1725