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Wax copy of half a human mandible

Part of wreath sent by Napoleon, France and Italy, 1814-1815

1814-1815

Wax anatomical model

1920-1940

Sets of scales with weights, Iran, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Female ivory anatomical figure, Europe, undated

undated

Binocular microscope, in case with glass door, by Moritz Pillischer, Hunter and Sands and J. H. Steward, serial no. 247, 406 Strand, London, England, 1860-1875.

Binocular Microscope

1860-1875

Wooden box containing .303 rifle cartridge detonator cap, with two cartridges, and case notes, removed from excised eye of 8 year old child by T.H. Bickerton, 09 SEP 1910

Wooden box containing .303 rifle cartridge detonator cap

1901-1910

Lock of Napoleon's hair, cut off by Dr. Barry O'Meara at St. Helena. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was exiled on St Helena from 1815 until his death in 1821

Lock of Napoleon's hair

1815-1821

Glass box of Acokanthera wood, collected by Dr. Ardagh, Africa, 1889

Glass box of Acokanthera wood

1889

Black cardboard box with glass lid containing fragments of six iron razors, cushioned in cotton wool, said to have been found at the Ju-Ju, southern Nigeria, 17th to 18th centuries

Black cardboard box with glass lid containing fragments of six iron razors

1601-1800

Glazed box containing coiled unidentified pit-viper, no provenance, 1850-1930

Glazed box containing coiled unidentified pit-viper

1850-1930

Glazed box containing sea horse, hippocampus or hai ma, used as a tonic, China, 1930-1938

Glazed box containing sea horse

1930-1938

Lock of hair, said to be from the head of Grace Darling (1815-1842), in box, complete with a signed letter testifying to its authenticity. Grace Darling helped rescue survivors from the shipwrecked 'Forfarshire' in 1838.

Lock of hair

1838-1842

Lock of Napoleon's hair, cut off at St. Helena. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was exiled on St Helena from 1815 until his death in 1821

Lock of Napoleon's hair

1815-1821