Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Napier's Bones

1690

Orrery made by John Rowley for the Earl of Orrery

1712-1713

Wooden Acupuncture Model

1681

Spring-driven Bracket Clock by Isaac Thuret

1665-1670

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725

Pair cased watch by Anna Adamson

1685

Verge escapement watch movement by Thomas Tompion and George Graham

1711

Doorcase 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields

circa 1750

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

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

Hexagonal table clock by Johann Schmidtbaur

1700-1725

Astronomical 'Masterpiece' Clock by Johann Schneider

1625

Ivory folding sundial by Jacob Karner

1630

Earthenware jug

1601-1700

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 albarello made for the Franciscans

1601-1750

Drug jar for cinchona bark

1701-1730

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

1600-1625

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

1601-1750

Tumbler, horn, with silver strip around rim, 1742

1742

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

1701-1750

Glass pestle and mortar, Europe, 1601-1700

1601-1700

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Demainbray's convex lens

1750

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 George Tyler

1715-1725

Table clock with pull quarter repeat by Thomas Tompion

1695-1700

Table clock by Richard Baker

1675-1700

Pendulum clock by Pieter Visbach

1660

Barber's shaving bowl, Netherlands, 1701-1750

1701-1750

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Avoirdupois weight (standard)

1588