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Inkwell, glass with ceramic top, London and North Eastern Railway, Dimensions 3"x3" diam.

Glass inkwell, London and North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories
Stand and night light for food warmer, Samuel Clarke's patented Pyramid, probably American, 20th century

Food warmer stand and night light

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900-1920
Multiple-lens camera for taking high-speed photographs on a fixed plate at rates up to 3000 per second. Invented and used by Dr Lucien Bull, CBE, in 1933. b) Fifty anastigmatic f3.5 lenses for use with the above (mounted insitu). Booklet MOTEUR Universel. Type. BIS. Serial No. 208747.

Lucien Bull Multiple-lens Camera for Taking High-speed Photographs

Photographic Technology

1933
A corroclay pipe bowl with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Corroclay Pipe Bowl

Local History
Brass and porcelain tumbler switches for arc lamp transformer

Brass and porcelain tumbler switch

Cinematography
Wooden fuse box

wooden fuse box

Electricity Supply
Fishery mercury barometer, by Negretti & Zambra, 11 Hatton Garden and Cornhill, London, 1858

Fishery barometer, 1858

Meteorology

1858
`Artiflex' dental pedestal unit by Siemens-Reiniger Werke A.G., Erlangen, Germany, 1951-1952.

`Artiflex' dental pedestal unit on plywood stand

Dentistry

1951-1952
Ceramic drug jar with paper cover half-full of belladonna extract. English, twentieth century

Drug jar containing belladonna extract

Materia Medica & Pharmacology
78 original lightbulbs in a cardboard box. Taken from miniature hospital, scale 1:16, made for publicity for King Edward's Hospital Fund for London, 1932. Newly created lightbulbs have been fitted into model on display in Medicine Galleries.

Original lightbulbs for model of a hospital promoting the King Edward's Hospital Fund

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1932
Milk jug, white ceramic with hinged metal (pewter?) lid, dark green printed Southern Railway garter on front. Made by John Maddock and Sons Limited, Burslem. Overall: 100 mm x 96 mm 72 mm, 0.19kg.

Ceramic milk jug, Southern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948
A "Byron" corroclay tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Tulip" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl with metal band on the stem base, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set with clay pipe, pipe swab, and plastic pouch; made by John Pollock & Co. "Friendship" model pipe.

Toy Smokers Set

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl with metal band on the stem base, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
An unglazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl with metal band on the stem base, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A "Lady Sarah Wilson" clay tobacco pipe bowl, glazed with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A calaclay "poet" tobacco pipe bowl, unglazed with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set with clay pipe, pipe swab, and plastic pouch; made by John Pollock & Co.

Toy Smokers Set

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Friendship" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A clay toy revolver, blue glaze, with a paper holster, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Toy Pistol

Local History
An unglazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Tulip" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set with clay pipe, pipe swab, and plastic pouch; made by John Pollock & Co. "Friendship" model pipe.

Toy Smokers Set

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" clay tobacco pipe bowl, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Friendship" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, dark glaze, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Tulip" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
Nickel plate vertical developing tank for Ensignette rollfilms. Light trapped top for daylight loading. Funnel and drain tube with stoppers. Patent No.7204/1912. Houghtons Limited c.1915.

Ensignette Developing Tank No 1 Model B

Photographic Technology

1910-1920
Gas scintillation proportional counter, serial no. FM E40, flight spare for X-ray astronomy satellite Exosat. Made in England, 1981-1983.

Exosat Flight Spare, Gas Scintillation Proportional Counter, England, 1981-83

Space Technology

1981-1983
Mains electrical three point plug 5A connector, with outer casing made of phenol formaldehyde and insert made of ceramic, with Clem on the outside, unsigned, England, 1920-1940

Mains electrical Connector, with phenol formaldehyde outer casing

Plastics and Modern Materials

1920-1940
A Kodak "Brownie" daylight developing outfit, containing tank, plate holder, solution cup, measuring beaker, and other items.

Kodak "Brownie" Developing Outfit

Photographic Technology

1910-1915
ES lamp fitting in ceramic and copper; silvered glass refelctor 95mm diameter with 240v 250w lamp.

Triumph incandescent electric lamptray for lantern

Cinematography
Inkwell; glass with ceramic top, London and North Eastern Railway, Dimensions 3"x3" diam.

Glass and ceramic inkwell, London and North Eastern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories
Pyrosil frying pan, by Corning (Europe), Groningen, Netherlands, 1979

Pyrosil frying pan

Glass Technology

1979
'Tenby Pilot' double wall switch, one of two, made of phenol formaldehyde, by Tenby Industries Limited, Birmingham, England, 1929-1939

Two double electric wall switches

Plastics and Modern Materials

1929-1939
Single fuse box

single fuse box

Electricity Supply
Measurement Cine-Kodak camera. Eastman Kodak Co. and Production Control Machines Company Ltd., London. Standard 8mm cinecamera for 100 foot reels. Kodak Anastigmat lens F:13mm f/1.9. Electric drive; for time and motion study. In fitted case with two lighting stands, transformer, Bedaux loop winder, desk screen and space for Measurement Kodascope projector 7690.

Measurement Cine-Kodak camera

Cinematography
The Imperial Enlarger by Thornton-Pickard. Horizontal enlarger for half plates. No lens; large double condenser system; rack focusing; lamphouse fitted with Ensign 'MonoliteOutfit' lamp holder, with bakelite two-pin plug and ceramic bulb holder. Black curtain.

The Imperial Enlarger

Photographic Technology
Bell & Howell Cine Titler. Manufactured by Bell & Howell Co, Chicago, USA. For 16mm camera; wooden baseboard wih camera sockets; pivoting title holder for 120x90m title cards. In fitted case with clip-on refelctors, parallax corrector for camera, two title cards and five title masks.

Bell & Howell Cine Titler

Cinematography
A tobacco pipe, with a glazed corroclay "cavity" bowl, and an ebonite mouthpiece.

Clay Tobacco Pipe

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A toy smokers outfit set, including a "Friendship" clay pipe.

Toy Smokers Outfit

Local History
A glazed corroclay "cavity" tobacco pipe bowl, with metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History
A "Byron" tobacco pipe bowl, glazed with a smooth-textured surface and a metal band, made by John Pollock & Co.

Clay Tobacco Pipe Bowl

Local History