Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Silver presentation whistle and chain, London & South Western Railway

1853

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

Letter opener with calendar and map, 1893-1894

1893-4

Purse presented to George Hall esq

1853

Replica of the first Morse telegraph, 1835

1934

Sample of gutta percha insulated cable, 1863-7

1863-7

Novelty model

1955; 1830

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller'

1930 (replica); 1834 (original)

Spectacles, gold rims

1853

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

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

1705-1737

Copy of the Receiver and Alarm Call of Schilling's Electric Telegraph, 1870-1877

1870-1877

Replica of Morse's second model of telegraphy apparatus, 1934

1934

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Model of the "Planet" Locomotive

1830 (original); 1967 (model)

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

'Haystack' Boiler, 1775-1799

1775-1799 (original); 1900-1907 (model)

Andre-Marie Ampere

1825; 1910

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Roman Coin of Tiberius

30 CE

Red granite drill core

2686-2613 BCE

Goodall's patent grinding apparatus

1853

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

Receipt with letter heading. Richard Read

1853

Two inertia rings, circa 1853

1853

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

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

Wood tobacco pipe

1860-1820

Haighton obstetrical forceps

1870-1850

Oesophageal forceps Durham's

1871-1830

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

1990-95

Ancient Egyptian flint saw, replica

circa 3000 BCE

Portrait, lithograph after Gavarni of P.L.F. Sauvage

1853

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

2000 BCE

Portrait. Peter Barlow. Mezzotint

1853

Gilt bronze medal

1853

Bronze prize medal awarded by Vienna Academy of Medicine and Surgery

1832-1850

Prize medal, awarded by the Societe de Prevoyance des Pharmaciens de la Seine

1853

Bronze medal to commemorate Dr. L. Willems

1853

Circular bronze medal

1853

Medal of the Societe de Prevoyance des Pharmaciens de la Seine

1853

Circular bronze medal

1853

Two washers

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