Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Wells Cathedral clock, 1392

1392

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

1525-1550

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Tin-glazed earthenware tile

1511-1520

Earthenware tile, used as house number

1511-1530

Canopic jar featuring portrait of Imseti

1400-700 BCE

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Vitruvici de Architectura libri decem

1543

Altitude quadrant

1552

Horizontal sundial in bronze

1551

Armillary sphere by Girolamo Della Volpaia

1554

Gothic-style German chamber clock

1400-1499

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

1520-1530

Statue of St Roch

1401-1500 CE

Earthenware tile used as house number

1511-1520

Earthenware tile used as a house number

1511-1520

Lead Mortuary Cross

1340-1350 CE

Lead mortuary crosses

1340-1350 CE

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Medieval Exchequer Tally Sticks

circa 1440

31 Ashanti gold takers weights, used for buying & selling gold-dust

1400-1499

Pocket surgical instrument set in leather wallet

1701-1500

Touchpiece issued by Henry VII, England, monarch from 1485-1509

1485-1509

Horizontal sundial on base in bronze

1551

Touchpiece issued by Henry VIII, England, 1509-1547

1509-1547

Gold amulet in the form of Duamutef, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Touchpiece issued by Henry VII, England, 1485-1509

1485-1509

Roman stone water main

30

Exchequer Standard Winchester Bushel measure

1497-1509

Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD

1-79 CE; before 1914

'Food and Nutrition' bulletins

1452

Model of an Egyptian boat in XII Dynasty Tomb

1991-1783 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Flint weight, Syrian Khoirine system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Egyptian weight in the form of a frog

circa 1350 BCE

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

1991-1786 BCE

Piece of papyrus with hieroglyphic inscription from "Book of the Dead," (Egyptian 1400-1200 BC)

1400-1200 BCE

Touchpiece issued by Henry VIII, England, 1543-1547

1543-1547

Bronze Hoe Blade, 1500-1000 BC

1500-1000 BCE

Bronze Sickle Head, 1500-1000 BC

1500-1000 BCE

Bronze medal to commemorate Borso of Este

1460

Bronze medal to commemorate Caterina Sforza

1470-1500

Bronze medal to commemorate Federigo II Gonzaga and his wife Isabella of Capua

1519-1530

Albarello used to store smallage seeds, Italy, 1550

1550

Albarello vase

1550

Earthenware pharmacy jar

1539

Dish, possibly C15 Italian

1350-1500

Copy of forceps made from an Egyptian sculpture, Kom-Ombos, Egypt, 1901-1936

1901-1936; 180 BCE