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Wax copy of half a human mandible

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

1814-1815

Sets of scales with weights, Iran, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Wax anatomical model

1920-1940

Female ivory anatomical figure, Europe, undated

undated

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

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

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

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

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

Glass box of Acokanthera wood

1889

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

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

Glazed box containing coiled unidentified pit-viper

1850-1930