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Liquid-filled Plastic Lens Television Magnifier, 1935-1965

1935-1965

Pulsimeter, glass, with colourless liquid

1801-1900

Pulse glass filled with magenta liquid, Europe, 1770-1900

1770-1900

Lava lamp

2010-2015

Jordan's Beer Can from Channel 4's 'Shameless'

2003-2013

Stelberg Beer Can from Channel 4's 'Shameless'

2003-2013

Pulsimeter(?), glass, with colourless liquid, Euro

Boddingtons "Bodkan" Can

1980-1989

reconstruction of Florentine Thermometer originally made 1657-1665

1657-1665 (original)

Embourg Beer Can from Channel 4's 'Shameless'

2003-2013

Ahren Beer Bottle from Channel 4's 'Shameless'

2003-2013
Shop round, clear glass, half full of dark liquid, for vinegar of squill, 190 mm x 78 mm diameter; rim: 37 mm diameter, English. Inscribed with 'ACET:SCILL:' Painted black lettering on curved gold panel, red and black edging on sides and lower border. 19th century

Shop round of vinegar of squill

1801-1900
Newman Sinclair Autokine 35mm cine camera, serial no 488, with 28mm f2 Cooke Speed Panchro lens no. 262094; Ross xpress 4" f3,5 panchron lens no. 187902 (plate no. 695); Ross Xpress 6" f1 3.5 Panchro lens no. 177164 (plate no. 658) and two 200ft film magazines.

Newman Sinclair Autokine 35mm Cine Camera

circa 1945
Christiansen liquid-filled glass optical filter, No. 43, on mahogany stand (made by Workshops, not original)

Christiansen liquid-filled glass optical filter

Liquid-based cytology kit for cervical screening. Marketed as ThinPrep by the company the kit contains resource pack with CD, two brushes to take cervical samples and one pot of liquid solution (with holder) in which to transfer the sample.

Liquid-based cytology kit for cervical screening

1990-2017
Barometer and thermometer by Isaac Robelou, London, England, 1719

Combined barometer and thermometer, by Isaac Robelou, 1719

1719
Small, blue glass ribbed triangular based bottle, with a paper label and cork stopper (sealed), containing Solution No. 1 - The Eye Drops. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome and Company. The solution contains 0.5% of cocaine alkaloid. The state 'To be applied to the affected eyeball by means of the camel hair brush in the bottle'. The preparation is labelled a poison. The bottle probably dates between the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908 and the D.D.A., 1920.

Blue glass ribbed triangular based bottle, with a paper label and cork stopper (sealed), containing Solution No. 1

1908-1920
Double barometer and thermometer by Domenico Sala, London, 1751-1800

Double barometer and thermometer by Domenico Sala

1751-1800
Sealed packaging with tube containing Virocult sample collection media and swab in packaging for collecting samples for analysis at the Royal London Hospital by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), a group of public health agencies and academic institutions created in April 2020 to collect, sequence and analyse genomes of SARS-CoV-2 as part of COVID-19 pandemic response, 2021-22, made by MWE (Medical Wire & Equipment), UK.

sample tube

2021-2022
Two UTM-RT sample collection tubes, in connected sealed packaging, each containing a swab and sample collection media, in sealed and joined packets, by Copan, as used at the Royal London Hospital by the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK), a group of public health agencies and academic institutions created in April 2020 to collect, sequence and analyse genomes of SARS-CoV-2 as part of COVID-19 pandemic response, 2020-22.

sample tubes

2020-2021