Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Celestial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1603

Sector by Charles Whitwell

1600-11

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Exchequer standard quart measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Replica of refracting telescope by Galileo, 1610

1610

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Drawing instruments by Charles Whitwell

1593-1610

Table clock by Nicholas Vallin

1598-1603

Terrestrial globe by Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1599

Exchequer standard pint measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

1601

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Drum shaped clock in a gilt-metal case, signed R.S. c.1600

1600

Drum clock, with detachable alarm, about 1600

circa 1600

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

2000-100 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed

1701-180

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 BCE

‘Base ring’ juglet, Cyprus, 1600-1400 BCE

1600-1400 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Copy of a bloodletting measuring device, England, 1977

1977; 1204-1206

Three flint knives and part of a trepanned skull, 10000-5000 BC.

10000-500 BCE

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure

2000-1000

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Statue of goddess Vishnu

1800- 500 BCE

Clay tobacco pipe

1635-164

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE

2000-100 BCE

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Tablet sun-dial with string gnomon

1610

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Casts of Chinese zodiac figures (Tang dynasty)

1871-1900 (copy); 618-907 CE (original)

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Bedpan

1701-180

South German cup (scaphe or goblet) sundial dated 1596 for latitude 42 degrees

1596

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Earthenware dispensing pot or albarello

1600

Four bone implements

100 CE -1600

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Graphometer-clinometer by Phillippe Danfrie

1597-1603

Garden sundial, by Isaac Symmes, 1609

1609

Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian

20-400

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model of a Viking Ship of about A.D.900, excavated from Gokstad

1913; circa 900 CE

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936