Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

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

1705-1737

Set of magnetical apparatus in case, by Adams

1790

Richard Arkwright

1790

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Axe head shaped flint

10000-5000 BCE

Iron Weight

1910-130

Token. Copper; 29mm diameter

1790

Token, Anglesey halfpenny, Wales, 1788

1788

Verge repeating watch

1713-1750

Joseph Priestley

1788

Cylinder watch in pair case

1692-1730

Print, etching of Night scene in European city

1940-1050

Hydrostatical and Chemical Balance (c. 1790)

1790

Token issued by John Wilkinson, 18th century Ironmaster

1788

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Spindle with Whorl, Stone Age

5000-500 BCE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Diorama of Grimes Graves Flint Mine, 2000 BC

2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

A view of the mouth of a coal pit...

1788

Flint hand tool, flake type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

John Whitehurst F.R.S.

1788

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Small Stone Age

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, side-scraper, made in the Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Engraving, balloon from Dover Castle to Calais

1789

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool

8500-2000 BCE

Flint hand tool, core-type, Stone Age.

8500-2000 BCE

Reversible axe on adze, green stone blade, North Papua (Astrolabe Bay)

2000 BCE

Altazimuth theodolite, British, 1785-1795

1790

Water colour painting showing the ascent of a Montgolfier or hot-air balloon

1790

Silver vinaigrette

1790

Urethrotome, steel, poor condition

1801-1700

Forceps, spring-action, steel

1801-190

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Two washers

15/7/27

Two washers

15/7/27

Engraving of Graving dock

1840-160

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Shell used as Ink and Paint Well, Egypt, 3000 BCE

3000 BCE

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

1990-95

Pap boat

1789-1790

Silver gilt pap boat

1790