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Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Textile Industry

1880-1940

Mercury Racking Thermometer by Dallaway, 1799-1809

Heat

1799-1809

Head hunter's basket

Asian Medicine

1851-1920

Three-wheeled motor car

Road Transport

1888

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Wax model of a female human head, Germany, 1801-1900

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1900

Meteorograph, 1886-1903

Meteorology

1886-1903

Probang, 1851-1900

Surgery

1851-1900

Toothbrushes, bone, made by Savory and Moore, London, 1851-1930

Toothbrushes, bone, made by Savory and Moore, Lond

Dentistry

1851-1930

Thomas Sheraton style case and mathematical instrument set

Mathematics

1750-1790

Small cane comb with 22 prongs, handle decorated w

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1925

Memento mori ring, United Kingdom, 1692

Wellcome (general)

1692

John Logie Baird's test subject 'Stookie Bill'

Television

c. 1926

John Logie Baird's test subject 'Eustace'

Television

1933-1952

Carved wooden 'spirit mask', Alaska, 1801-1900

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Large model of Upper Yangtze trading junk

Water Transport

1901-1930; 1963

Mole's foot amulet, Norfolk, England, 1890-1910

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Folding stool, Great Western Railway, painted on base 'Return to Weston Super Mare', belived to be ex Royal Saloon.

Folding stool, Great Western Railway

Railway Furniture

Geodetic theodolite, German, 1820-1850

Surveying

1820-1850

Laryngeal brush

Surgery

Gold brooch, in the form of a glass covered cameo of "Youth Contemplating Death", surrounded by plaited hair, possibly 18th century

brooches; human hair; human remains

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800

Brooch containing locks of hair, gold thread and pearls, arranged against a pearly backgrosund, marked in an oval frame, covered with a glass

brooches; human hair; human remains

Wellcome (general)

Double-ended face brush

Oriental Medicine

1851-1900

Tobacco pipe

Smoking

1880-1925

Figures of men smoking tobacco waterpipes

Asian Medicine

1880-1920

Small lip brush in ovoid cylinder

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Small brush for painting lips

Oriental Medicine

1850-1900

Magazine case of drawing instruments by E. Nairne,

Mathematics

1749-1796

Woven bracelets

Wellcome (general)

1830-1880

Fly whisk with red, white and blue glass beads wit

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1920

Laryngeal brush, steel and hair, 1880 to 1920

Surgery

1880-1920

Eight-hair Saussure hygrometer, 1789, by Richer, Paris.

Eight-hair Saussure hygrometer, 1789, by Richer, P

Meteorology

1789

Mole's foot, carried loose as a cure for cramp and

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1910

Figure of prisoner

Asian Medicine

1880-1920

Double ended cosmetic brush

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Double -ended face brush for removing paint

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Laryngeal brush, ebony handle

Surgery

Metal memento mori finger ring, set with a large square transparent stone which contains a skull on a hair background with a red and gold border, engraved inscription inside band, 1709

human hair; finger ring; human remains

Wellcome (general)

1709

Conical leather amulet with thong for suspension,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Hair tweezers consisting of two bone rings band wi

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1915

Silver, coral and glass headed necklace, 3 strande

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Small brush for writing or kohl

Oriental Medicine

1850-1900

Writing brush set into shaft

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Face brush set into handle

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Face brush in holder with flip out tray for paint

Oriental Medicine

1850-1920

Face brush in handle for removing paint

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900

Rabbit's foot amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1905

Laryngeal brush, wood, plastic and hair, British,

Surgery

1880-1920

Gold memento mori finger ring, with transparent setting containing human hair, possibly 18th century

human remains; human hair; finger ring

Wellcome (general)

1701-1800

Yatate or pen case joined to inkpot via ojime

Oriental Medicine

1801-1900