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Ivory opium pipe with metal mount and terracotta bowl

Asian Medicine

Unknown

Stereo Realist 2.8 camera

Photographic Technology

1947-1971

'You may telephone from here' sign, 1910-1936

Telecommunications

1910-1936

Silver vinaigrette in the shape of a harp, France, 1701-1800

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Pair-cased pocket watch

Time Measurement

1705-1737

enamelled notice regarding stone throwing, 1910-1936

Telecommunications

1910-1936

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Desk telephone transmitter and receiver (sectioned), 1926.

Telecommunications

1926

Gilt and enamel badge, for membership of the Sanit

Wellcome Medals

1850-1920

Chronometer in Gold Case by Thomas Earnsham, 1795-1810

Time Measurement

1795-1810

Admiral FitzRoy type Barometer, 1876-1884

Meteorology

1876-1884

Oval gilt and enamel lapel badge, worn by a delega

Wellcome Medals

1901

Gas iron

Gas Industry

c.1935

Astronomical Watch by George Margetts, 1750-1810

Time Measurement

1750-1810

Korean pocket compass and sundial

Time Measurement

1780-1880

'Jason' nuclear reactor control panel, used at Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Nuclear Energy

1961-1962

Pathéscope Princess 9.5mm cine projector

Cinematography

c. 1959

Olympus Pen F camera

Photographic Technology

1959-1969

Badge for a State Certified Midwife, Birmingham, England, 1947

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1947

Prototype polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine

Biochemistry

1980-1989

Enamel steel advertising sign for Nectar Tea, by the Patent Enamel Co. Ltd., Birmingham and London, c. 1910. Measurement overall: 320 mm x 536 mm x 1.

Steel advertisement, Nectar Tea, England

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1905-1915

Main component of Siemens ‘Elmiskop 1’ electron microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1945-1955

Pocket watch in silver gilt case with calendar dial

Time Measurement

1790-1810~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//////////////////////

Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Thomas Earnshaw, No 4776, 1815-1831

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1831

Ensign Cupid Camera made by Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd. London. T-Shaped box camera for 120 film 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" single lens fixed aperture T/I shutter, cocked by rod. Collapsing frame finder, black crackle finish. Patent No 194897 and 207637.

Ensign Cupid Camera

Photographic Technology

1923

Duplex Pocket Watch in Silver Case by James McCabe, 1820-1833

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1833

Badge of the General Nursing Council for England and Wales, England, 1935

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1935

Pixii's Dilatation Pyrometer, 1830

Heat

1830

Decca marine receiver, Mark 12, by the Decca Navig

Navigation

1959-1969

Cylinder repeater pocket watch in case, by Eardley Norton

Time Measurement

1770-1794

Lapel badge, Great Eastern Railway, Railway Service no N8541 (War Service 1914-18). Overall: 9 mm x 26 mm.

Great Eastern Railway - Railway Service lapel badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

'Subscription' Pocket Watch in Silver Case by Breguet, 1795-1815

Time Measurement

1795-1815

Enamel notice, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, "L&YR (Lurry to Call)". Red letters on white. Overall: 124 mm x 200 mm x 1 mm.

L&YR Lurry to Call notice

Railway Infrastructure

Uniform cap badge, British Railways 1956-1966 pattern fish tail, royal blue and silver, British Railways (Eastern Region), Goods 'Porter', part of The Jack Whitaker Collection of railway uniform badges. Overall: 17 mm x 80 mm x 13 mm.

British Railways (Eastern Region) 'Goods Porter' cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

1956-1966

Pocket Watch in Guilt Silver Case by Thomas Earnshaw, 1810-1824

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1824

Pocket alarm watch in pinchbeck case

Time Measurement

1771-1800

Royal Red Cross medal, London, England, 1915-1918

Wellcome Medals

1914-1918

Silver and blue enamel badge of The General Nursing Council for England and Wales, England, 1930

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930

Memorial brooch with photograph

Photographs

Electric dishwasher

Domestic Appliances

1952

Six's Self-Registering Maximum and Minimum Mercury Thermometer by Pastorelli & Co., 1875

Heat

1875

Silver Repeater Pocket Watch by Ellicott and Smith, 1830-1843

Time Measurement

hallmarked 1843

Cap badge, British Railways, 1948 -1956 pattern totem, British Railways (Southern Region) Goods 'Guard', part of the Jack Whitaker Collection of railway cap badges. Overall: 19 mm x 71 mm x 17 mm.

British Railways (Southern Region) 'Goods Guard' cap badge

Railway Uniform & Costume

1948-1956

Decorated fingernail guard

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Pocket Watch with Tourbillon Mechanism, 1850-1910

Time Measurement

1850-1910

Industrial gas light fitting,

Lighting

Pocket Watch with Shagreen Outer Case by Thomas Mudge, 1730-1750

Time Measurement

1730-1750

Maximum Mercury Thermometer by Pastorelli & Co., 1875

Heat

1875

Decca display unit

Navigation

1958-1963

Verge stop-watch by Le Roi, 1745-1755

Time Measurement

1745-1755