Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Portrait of Thomas Mudge (c.1715 – 1794) after Nathaniel Dance

1770-1775

Keys to the Clockmakers Company chest

1766

Watch incorporated into a ring

1785-1795

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Orrery clock with a glass celestial globe

1795-1805

Quarter-repeating automaton watch

1800-1830

Heart-shaped pill tile

1751-1800

Amulet against the evil eye in the form of a fish

1801-1830

Dispensing pot for powdered quinine

1801-1830

Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches

1801-1830

Pair of turn pin spectacles

1823-1825

Pair of extending spectacles

1808-1840

Phrenological head

1821

Pearwood snuff box stamped with skulls

1796-1815

Engraved lancet case

1826

Lancets in silver case

1826

Parrot-beak dental forceps

1780-1810

Silver vinaigrette with hinged lid

1809

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

1801

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Five-needle train signalling instrument used on the London and Blackwall Railway

1840

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

1801-1830

Water frame spindle

1800-1830

Obstetric forceps

1780-1820

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

1839

Silver pill box engraved with a triangular pattern, Birmingham, England, 1801

1801

Flintlock tinder pistol

1780-1830

Straight spectacles, steel, English, 1751-1830

1751-1830

Silver pill box, Birmingham, England, 1797

1797

Sand glass in four pillared wooden mount

1750-1800

Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814

1814

Mechanical tobacco box, England, 1770-1830

1770-1830

Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes

1813

Pharmacy leech jar

1760-1820

Ornate circumcision knife with ivory handle

1775-1785

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

1771-1800

Boring machine, Yard No. 642

1804-1807

'Old Age' statue, Staffordshire, England, 1801-1830

1801-1830

Surveyor's pocket sextant.

1795-1805

Infant feeding bottle, Europe, 1701-1800

1771-1800

Richard Grindall's combined knife and fork, Europe, 1795-1820

1795-1820

Near Wellington, Shropshire

1821

Small lead tobacco jar

1790-1830

Octant made of ebony and brass

1830-1835

Cocked hat worn by French military surgeon

1790-1831

Textile printing block, rectangular

1760-1775 probable date