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
Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.
1784
Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784
1784
Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.
1785
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy
1784
Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon
1783
Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784
1784
Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights
1784
Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent
1783
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Mr Lunardi's New Balloon
1785
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Mrs. Sage
1785
Jean Pierre Blanchard
1785
Half-Real coin of Charles III (Spain)
1785
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Roman Coin of Tiberius
30 CE
Red granite drill core
2686-2613 BCE
M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon
1783
The Aerostatic Globe
1783
NEMA cryptography machine type T-D
1945-50
One ticket. Entry ticket
1784
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
Ascent of the 19th September 1783, at Versailles
1783
Water-colour, oval, contemporary. Montgolfier at Annonay
1783
Aerostat le Marseillois
1784
Black stone container or palette
2000-1000
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
Sun-dial, analemmatic, inscribed
1784
Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica
circa 3000 BCE
Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)
2000 BCE
Engraving, Portrait of Sir Francis Bacon
1784
Original drawing for the engraving by S.C. Miger of Charles
1783
M Charles
1784
Egyptian weight, 12th Dynasty
circa 1800 BCE
Two washers
15/7/27
Two washers
15/7/27
Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro
circa 3000 BCE
Pottery vase found at Nihawnad, Persia
3000 BCE
Polished stone (Chert) weight from excavations at Mohenjodaro
circa 3000 BCE