Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Watt's end measuring machine
1776
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Arkwright's Water Frame
1775
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Arkwright's Water Frame, 1775
1775
Mezzotint portrait of John Bird
1776
Oil paintings
1774
Roman stone water main
30
Ticket medal
1776
Bronze medal to commemorate F.H.W. Martini (1729-1778)
1777
Silver medal commemorating a terrible flood of 20 and 21st November 1776 but location unknown
1776-1777
Glass funnel from Nooth's apparatus
1775
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Guinea coin of George III
1779
Guinea coin of George III
1776
Guinea coin of George III
1774
Guinea coin of George III
1775
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Four Ducats coin of Maria Theresa of Hungary
1774
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Onza de Oro or Eight Scudos coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1778
Two Denari coin of Victor Amadeus II (King of Sardinia)
1774
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Two Reales coin of Charles III (Spain)
1774
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
Plaster model of tomb plaque
100 BCE-300 CE; 1890-1920
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
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
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Silver medal to commemorate a storm off the Dutch coast
1775
Bronze medal commemorating the coronation of King Louis XVI in 1775
1775
Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz
1778
One grano
1776