Image
Category
Collection
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

Column dial by Henry Robert

1831-1870

James Watt and the Steam Engine Print

1860

Cubical polyhedral sundial

1751-1800

Silver medal, commemorates the International Health Exhibition

1884

Circular white metal medal

1830-1900

Circular electric hot plate for domestic cooking

1892-1900

Hand-operated mill for grinding coffee beans

1880-1900

Charcoal-burning portable ornamental box foot warmer

1750-1850

Sugar nippers, 19th century.

1880-1900

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Charles Green Aeronaut

1836

Hand loom

1825-1835

Wrought iron coffee mill with circular lidded hopper

1850-1900

Scutcher, made by Platt Brothers & Co. Ltd

1889

Ribbon loom with jacquard head

circa 1900

Platt Brothers Notice

1898

Platt Brothers Notice

1899

Half-penny coin

1806

Small white cup in soft paste porcelain

1748-1763

East Indiaman Herefordshire

1815

Architect's model of S&J Watts' warehouse

1850-1856

Colour lithograph of the S.S. 'Great Eastern'

1850-1859

Water pipe from Water Street, Manchester

1890-1899

Pharmacy storage jar used for theriac

1725-1755

Painted mask from Kolam masked play

1771-1860

Wooden statue of St Adrian

1700-1850

Model of Arthur Parsey's compressed air locomotive, 1845

1845

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

1720-1800

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Adjustable dental pelican with two claws

1720-1800

'Pock-marked faces: A curious illusion', anti-vaccination leaflet

1880-1890

Statue of St Cosmas, France, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Pair of dental forceps

1820-1855

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Oval amulet to protect against cholera, Europe, 1801-1900

1801-1900

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

1851

Porcelain Phrenological Head, British, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Watt's end measuring machine

1776

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

1860-1877

Cut glass bottle with deeply incised decoration

1860-1900

Duchenne's Late C19 Magneto Electric Therapy Machine

1860-1900

Wooden statue of St Michael the Archangel, Spain, 1700-1850

1700-1850

Ritual mask

1701-1900

Brass amulet to protect the wearer from cholera, France, 1820-1880

1820-1880

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

Engraving: Watt's first experiment. Marcus Stone ARA pinxt; Herbert Bourne sculpt; published by Appleton & Co

1879

Phrenological (Spreading) Calipers

1820-1850