Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Cash sword of coins for protecting new born baby from harmful spirits

1701-1800

William Thomson's Tide Predicting Machine, 1872

1872

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

1864

"S-phone" type 13/Mk IV personal portable UHF tranmitter/receiver with display "torso", 1942-1945

1942-1945

Pouch attached to box lid through ojime

1860-1935

Tonkotsu in form of pile of cash, linked to netsuke via ojime

1880-1915

Tonkotsu decorated with carved shishi

1800-1900

Convex plaque carved with Indian deity

1700-1920

Tobacco pipe with case linked to tonkotsu via ojime

1880-1915

Tobacco pipe with case linked to tonkotsu via ojime

1880-1915

Tonkotsu with lid linked to netsuke via ojime

1880-1929

Tobacco pipe linked by cord via ojime to tonkotsu

1880-1929

Netsuke in form of dragon shaped brush case

1701-1900

Cylindrical amulet case with charm inside

1801-1900

Green and brown amuletic tassels for long life

1850-1930

Inro divided in two compartments with ojime and carved relief

Pair of Trieder 'Porro' type prismatic opera glass binoculars (3 power & 12mm objective lenses)

1902-1924

Turned wooden post supporting an apothecary's balance

1850-1900

'Spinal Babies' poem, England, 1950-1970

1950-1970

Tuck in

1851-1900

Small metal tinder box with steel incorporated round rim

1820-1900

Set of four plated metal urethral sounds in leatherette case

1860-1920

Ready reckoner (currency)

1972-1976

Cable specimen from the 1865 transatlantic cable

1865

Monotype 0.4-Inch Stamping Machine

1930

Three cable specimens, 1800-1949

1800-1949

Device to apply plaster casts, England, 1910-1925

1910-1925

Bark cloth roll containing two dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Bark cloth roll containing several dried leaves of tobacco

1871-1910

Perfume bottle with cord for suspension

Amber and copper bead necklace with pendant suspended

1880-1915

Carved wooden snuff box

1880-1920

Twisted cord necklace strung with 5 amulets

1880-1910

Reconstruction of insulated seawater sampling bottle designed by Captain Phipps and Dr Irving

1773 (original); 1980s

Netsuke in form of male wrestler

1701-1900

Leather band with red cord hangings and coloured wool tassels

1880-1920

Wooden tobacco pipe

1801-1900

Eleven snakeskin amulet cases stitched to fibre cord necklace decorated with red cord beads

1880-1910

Cowrie shell necklace with fine beadwork bag suspended

1880-1910

Grass basketry penis sheath covered with brown and white reeds

1890-1925

6 weights each a solid rectangle of brass

1801-1900

Spectacle cases

1890-1930

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and mother-of-pearl pans

1831-1870

Chatelaine, pull off

1801-1900

Spectacle, case, chatelaine type

1840-1915

Amuletic horn bound with fibre and ornamented with cowrie shells

1890-1930

Medicine bundle or amuletic bag

1880-1920

Hand folding spectacles

1830-1910

Folding spectacles with cord

1801-1900

Medicine man's rattle

1890-1925