Image
Category
Collection
Maker
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Object type
Place
Material
Date

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)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

The Rev Dr Priestley's House and Elaboratory

1792

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Toothbrush set

1791-1792

Theodolite used for the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain

1791

Marine timekeeper with constant force escapement by Josiah Emery

1792

Verge watch in Staffordshire enamelled case by Ann Phillips

1790

Lever escapement watch by Josiah Emery

1792

Deck-watch used by Capt. George Vancouver on board HMS Discovery 1791-5

1791

Deck watch by John Arnold and Son

1790

Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts

1790

Extending spectacles and case

1790-1793

Jonathan Hull's 'A Description and Draught of a Newly-Invented Machine'

1850-1899

Irish Linen Industry

1791

Model of Ggantija megalithic temple on the Maltese island of Gozo, 3000-2500 BC.

3000-2500 BCE

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Commemorative Halfpenny Token, Isaac Newton

1793

Barton Aqueduct

circa 1793

Coalbrookdale Halfpenny Token

1792

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

2000 BCE

Board of Agriculture, admittance to Honorary Membership

1793

Bronze trade token

1792

Bronze medal celebrating the Confederation of France under the new constitution

1790

Trade token

1791

Copper engraving

1792

Bronze trade token

1791

Silver medal to commemorate N.J.G. Leiden Frost

1793

Silver medal commemorating 100th birthday of Cornelia Bierens

1790

Bronze revolutionary coin or token

1792

Bronze money token

1791

Bronze trade token

1791

Bronze coin

1793

Circular bronze trade token

1791

Bronze trade token

1792

Bronze medal to commemorate the storming of the Tuileries Palace

1792

Silver medal to commemorate the execution of Louis XVI

1793

Silver medal

1790

4 copper halfpenny coins

1793

Metal trade token struck by the revolutionary government at Paris

1792

Silver medal commemorating the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Germany, 1793

1793

Silver medal to commemorate Philippe Joseph

1793

Medal, silver, obverse strike only

1676; 1840-1865

Circular gilt medal

1790

Bronze medal to commemorate Marat, France, 1793

1793

Gilt halfpenny token commemorating Sir Isaac Newton

1793