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Engraved silver 'Petit' cup

Clockmakers

1501-1599

Pivoted-detent escapement watch by John Arnold 1776-7

Clockmakers

1776

Croll Testimonial silver gilt fountain, Parcel-gilt Victorian silver rosewater fountain designed as a table centrepiece

Clockmakers

1870

Supersonic

Roy Nockolds

1948-1952

Pedometer signed 'PVP', 1880-1920

Surveying

1880-1920

Universal pocket sundial

Time Measurement

1701-1721

Pocket watch in silver gilt case with calendar dial

Time Measurement

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

Silver gilt medal, Southern Railway, For Merit: G F Keen on green and yellow ribbon.

Medal for merit, G. F. Keen - Southern Railway

Coins and Medals

Button, fluted steel, 55 lignes, inset circle of gilt metal, centre disc of carved pearl, unsigned, British, 1780-1820

Button, fluted steel, 55 lignes, inset circle of gilt metal, centre disc of carved pearl

Temporary Exhibitions

1780-1820

Chain of Office, silver gilt, "British Railways Chain", worn by Britain's Railway Queens, depicts emblem of British Railways, presented by British Transport Commission in 1957. Made by Deakin & Francis, Birmingham, 1956. Overall: 376 mm x 48 mm.

British Railways chain of office presented 1957

Railway Uniform & Costume

1956

Hand magnifier or quizzing glass, one of two, silv

Optics

1795-1805

Button, pearl, 56 lignes, design in blue and white stones, inset circle of gilt metal, unsigned, British, 1780-1820

Button, pearl, 56 lignes, design in blue and white stones, inset circle of gilt metal

Temporary Exhibitions

1780-1820

Silver gilt filigree pendant, roughly triangular w

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1930

Medal, silver gilt, London & North Eastern Railway 15 Years First Aid Efficiency, C Edwards, with 3 gold bars for 20 years, 25 years and 30 years. Boxed. Box: 20 mm x 60 mm x 44 mm; medal: 84 mm x 31 mm x 6 mm.

London & North Eastern Railway first aid medal and bars

Coins and Medals

1922-1948

Pendant containing photographic portrait of a woman, reverse contains a lock of hair, c.1850. Oval daguerreotype of middleaged woman, slightly discoloured, 45x55mm. In gilt mount with swivel ring; hair back on opal glass.

Pendant containing a photographic portrait

Photographs

c. 1850

Gold award medal, Southern Railway, for merit G. Wiltshire. Medal: 3 mm x 32 mm; overall: 74 mm x 32 mm x 8 mm.

Gold award medal, Southern Railway award for merit - G Wiltshire

Coins and Medals

Sundial, 2¼-inches, brass with silvered hour-ring, made by Lorenz Grassl, Augsburg, Germany, 1751-1800. In leather case with table of latitudes and directions for use (see note).

Equinoctial sundial in brass and silver

Time Measurement

1751-1800