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Cape Government locomotive and tender 4-8-0, 1896

1896

Mink G goods van

1931

South Eastern & Chatham Railway Class D 4-4-0 steam locomotive No 737

1901

London & North Eastern Railway steam locomotive 'Mallard'

1938

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Ceramic plate depicting Norwich Cathedral, London & North Eastern Railway

1938

Metal ship's plaque, Great Western Railway - St Patrick

1948

Water Pipe

1890 - 1900

Copper ore from the Bell Mine

before 1889

A pair of dice made in imitation ivory celluloid, early 20th century.

1901-1930

Arsenical cobalt or skutterudite, from Skutterude, near Modum, Norway

before 1889

Marine thermometer by Negretti and Zambra

1890

Earthenware Phrenological Bust

1860-1896

Duchenne's Late C19 Magneto Electric Therapy Machine

1860-1900

Wall telephone with battery box, 1880-1940

1880-1940

Single-lens Cine Camera by Louis Le Prince

1888

Mechanical telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

'You may telephone from here' sign, 1910-1936

1910-1936

Amateur radio call books, 1938 and 1951

1938 and 1951

Home-made equipment for 30-line television reception, 1929-1935

1929-1935

Volume 1 No. 1 of "Television" monthly magazine, 1928

1928

'Radio at a glance' chart, 1925-1935

1925-1935

De Forest audion 1906-1915

1906-1915

Wall telephone, 1880-1920

1880-1920

Specimen of television cable, 1936

1936

Bright's bell telegraph, 1855

1855

Marconi coherer and Admiralty pattern decoherer, 1900-1910

1900-1910

Specimen of telegraph cable laid in Birmingham in 1856

1856

Wheatstone receiver (Morse inker), 1867

1867

Flag from Cable Ship 'Faraday' (sunk 1941), 1923-1941

1923-1941

Hand perforator and copy stand for Wheatstone automatic telegraph system, 1890-1910

1890-1910

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Coherer, ebonite, with adjustable contacts, 1890-1896

1890-1896

'Italian Navy' detector, 1899-1901

1899-1901

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Willis world clock, 1929-1935

1929-1935

Mystery watch by Armand Schwob & Frère

1900

Enamel watch depicting the Virgin and Child

1880

Pocket-sized obstetrical forceps

1864-1900

Wooden figure used as container for nkisi force

1890-1910

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Ceramic pot lid for cherry tooth paste

1870-1910

Amulet in form of double-headed alligator

1880-1920

Medicine spoon

1860-1930

Large animal tooth carried to cure toothache

1901-1911

Full dentures, England, 1890-1900

1890-1900

Early binaural stethoscope

1861-1866

Earthenware foot scraper in the form of a sitting dog

1880-1925

Amulet to ward against the evil eye

1901-1911

Bone amulet in the shape of a hand and arm

1870-1920