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Date

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Repeating clock-watch with dials on front and back by Gautrin, Paris

1780

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

'Dutch forgery' watch signed John Wilter

1780

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

1936

Telescope by Galileo (replica)

1610; 1923

Isaac Newton’s Reflecting Telescope (replica)

1668; 1924

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

2050-1750 BCE

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Replica of Lightning Conductor by Benjamin Franklin, United States, 1730-1760

1730-1760 (original); 1931-1939 (replica)

Electrotype replica of a 16th-century mariner’s astrolabe

1580-1588; 1930

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

2000-1001 BCE

Copy of a cippus showing Horus, Egypt, 1900-1933

1900-1933

Model of submersible 'Turtle'

1976; 1776

Votive plaque with right ear in relief

400 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Inscribed votive plaque with pair of arms in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Inscribed votive plaque with breast in relief

100 BCE-100 CE; 1900-1936

Frictional electrostatic machine

1780

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

Earthenware dish

2000-1350

Alabaster kohl pot

2000-1350

Calf's Head Weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Solid bronze phallic amulet in form of priapus with hind legs and tail of horse

30-200

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

1931; 250 BCE

Alabaster mortar

2000-1350

Copy of an Egyptian bas-relief, Europe, 1801-1930

1801-1930

Bronze probe(?), twisted stem, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Dicas hydrometer with weights

1781

Plaster replica of IBEX weight

1370-1350 BCE; 1931

Coin balance, with nested brass cup wts and circular brass coin wts, in mahogany box

1780-1782

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Earthenware oil jar

2000-1350

Earthenware jug

2000-1350

Olive ended probe, bronze, Romano-Egyptian

20-500

Alabaster bottle

2000-1350

Alabaster bottle

1850-1350

Strigil hanger, bronze, Roman, from Luxor

20-400

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Black stone container or palette

2000-1000

Small black slate palette with short handle and base carved in form of flat fish

3500-1000