Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778
1778
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Spoon with folding handle
1778
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
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
Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill
1730; 1967
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
Replica of Islamic Astrolabe
1066; 1876
Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body
1888-185
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
Compound microscope signed J. D. V. Fokkenberg Fecit Utrecht 1777
1777
Coin balance with iron beam
1779
Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination
3000-1500
copy of a gold cup.
3000-2000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Silver medal commemorating Jean Charles Desessartz
1778
1/2 Cinquina bronze coin
1777
Bronze prize medal awarded by university founded by M. Le Marechal de Mailly
1778
Circular silver medal
1778
Silver medal
1777
Quarter-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1778
Guinea coin of George III
1779
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Guinea coin of George III
1777
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Onza de Oro or Eight Scudos coin of Carlos III (Spain)
1778
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Circular instrument dividing engine
1778
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Copy of Musschenbroek's Pyrometer (Dilatometer), 1700-1731.
1877 (copy); 1700-1731 (original)
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
Bronze handle, highly decorated, Romano-Egyptian
20-400
Earthenware jug
2000-1350
Replica of Roman steelyard, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Earthenware oil jar
2000-1350
Alabaster kohl pot
2000-1350
Calf's Head Weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531
1931; 250 BCE
Alabaster mortar
2000-1350
Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian
20-500
Plaster replica of IBEX weight
1370-1350 BCE; 1931
Replica of Roman equal-arm balance, from Pompeii, 79 AD
1-79 CE; before 1914