Gold amulet in the form of a cobra
2000-100 BCE
Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin
1815
'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820
1820
Slide rule for exchange of weights and measures
1815
Copy of Chamberlen obstetric forceps
1813
East Indiaman Herefordshire
1815
Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7
1863-7
Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894
1893-4
'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799
1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)
Piston and Rod, from Newcomen Pumping Engine 'Old Sarah'
1815
Stained plaster phrenological bust
1821
Phrenological head
1821
Neolithic flint scraper
4000-2001 BCE
Silver ear trumpet hearing aid, London, England, 1814
1814
Freud electronic laughing ball
1990-96
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
1705-1737
Seal, Stockton & Darlington Railway
1821
Original preparation of quinine by Pelletier and Caveton
1820
Near Wellington, Shropshire
1821
Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772
1772 (original); 1919 (model)
Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819
1819
Sunderland ware jug decorated with pink lustre bands and splashes
1813
Panoramic lantern slide
1820
Revised Classification of Merchandise Traffic and Revised Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges Applicable thereto, proposed to be charged by the Eastern and Midlands Railway Company
1889-02
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
Small stone scarab pierced longitudinally with flat base engraved with design of standing harpist and seated figure
2000-1000
Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health
1880-120
Silver lancet case, empty
1813
2 lancets
1821
Sterling silver pap boat
1819
Two lancets
1815
Clay tobacco pipe
1860-1715
Obstetrical forceps, Norway, 1801-1900
1872-3
Lancet case
1819-1820
Four weight hydrometer, in box, serial no 13941.
circa 1817
Mummified bird, Egypt, 2000-100 BCE
2000-100 BCE
Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE
2000-1001 BCE
Double-ended dental pelican
1851-1800
Sick syphon
1813
Pap boat
1818
Tie pin, inscribed "Septembre 1821"
1821
Brass Sikes hydrometer by R.B. Bate
1816
Michael Faraday's chemical chest, c1820.
1820
Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB
1990-95
Spirit bubbles in mahogany case by J & J Gardner
circa 1820
Uterine probe
1901-950
Part of wreath sent by Napoleon, France and Italy, 1814-1815
1814-1815
Turn pin spectacles
1813-1815
Movement with lever escapement
1820