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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Sector signed John Allen

1630-1642

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

"The description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments", 2nd edition by Edmund Gunter

1636

Dover Castle turret clock

1632-1640

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Gunter quadrant

1640

Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay

1640

Rock crystal and silver watch in the form of a tulip, by Sermand c.1640

1640

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

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

Tin glazed earthenware syrup jar

1638

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

1880-120

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

1990-95

European astrolabe, 1631

1631

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Albarello for Sandalwood Ointment

1635-1645

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

1913; circa 900 CE

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Copy of Sussex cast-iron fire back

1636

Small bell shaped bronze mortar

1631

Bronze bell-shaped mortar with panels of vine design on rim

1630

copy of a gold cup.

3000-2000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Gilded coin like medal

1643

One grano, bronze coin, associated with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta

1638

Silver medal, issued by the Sorbonne, France, 1642

1642

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

2 circular plaster casts of the 2 halves of a Greek coin

700-100 BCE; 1930-1950

Two washers

15/7/27

RGD Television

1965-195

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia

3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro

circa 3000 BCE

Black haematite weight, Syrian

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Black haematite weight, Syrian

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Black haematite Syrian weight, barrel shaped, from Gaza, Phoenician system

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Haematite weight, Syrian

circa 1700-1600 BCE

Barrel-shaped haematite weight

circa 1700-1600 BCE