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Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Trade card for John Yarwell, optician, London, England, 1697

1697

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Cupellation furnace

1696-1700

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Compound microscope

1700

Dividing engine for making sextants and octants

Made late 1700s, modified 1800s

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Pendulum clock designed by Galileo in 1642 and made by his son in 1649, model.

1642-1649 (original); 1883 (model)

Gold pair-cased watch with outer case chased in a basket-weave pattern by Charles Gretton

1702

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

2000-100 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Pharmacy storage jar for Blessed Thistle Water, Italy, 1702

1702

Universal equinoctial sundial

1700

Albarello, earthenware, tin-glazed

1701-180

Amulet showing Anubis

4000-30 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

Urethrotome, steel, poor condition

1801-1700

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Silver bleeding bowl

1704

Bleeding bowl

circa 1700

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

5" brass octagonal table clock with glass sides

early 17th century onwards

Nocturnal boxwood and brass

1702

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)

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Portable sundial and perpetual calendar

1693

Verge watch in inner and outer case

1700

Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty

circa 1800 BCE

Bedpan

1701-180

Silver vinatigrette

1701-800

Repeater in pierced case

1692-1707

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Votive plaque

1698

Engraving "Der Serffensieder" (soapboiler)

1698

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Trade card: John Yarwell

1694

Trade card: J. Senex & C. Price

1707