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Terrestrial draw-tube telescope (9-draw), London maker, with painted vellum tube and rosewood eyepiece and lens mounting, 1675-1700.

Terrestrial draw-tube telescope (9-draw)

1675-1700
Four bottles, three small and one larger, with saints painted on sides

Four bottles

Clear glass bottle, one of three, with hexagonal section and funnel shaped neck

Clear glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Telescope, early 18th century, inscribed: "J. Marshall" 4-draw tube covered with fishskin, draw-tubes covered with green vellum, stamped with gilt ornament, horn mounts, silver dust-caps. Length 12 1/4", O.G. aperture 5/8"

Telescope, early 18th century

Two draw tube telescopes

Two draw tube telescopes

1700-1750
carbon bisulphide glass prism, angle 60 degrees, by William Ladd, London, England, 1870.

carbon bisulphide glass prism

1870
Printed vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. Herbert Davies by the Royal College of Physicians, English, 11 July 1850

Printed vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. Herbert Davies by the Royal College of Physicians

1850
Vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies by the Royal College of Physicians, English, 10th May, 1894

Vellum M.D. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies by the Royal College of Physicians

1894
Vellum M.B. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies, by Sir William Jenner of the Royal College of Physicians, English, 30 April, 1885

Vellum M.B. certificate granted to Dr. A.T. Davies

1885
The Archive includes Laporte's own records as well as those of companies it took over. The contents include annual reports, accounts, presentations, minutes of meetings, correspondence, trade literature, trade journals, press cuttings, photographs, patents and patent correspondence, printed books, unpublished histories of the company and of industrial processes.

Laporte Archive

1888-2000
Bottle, glass clear with glass stopper, vellum sealed for Jalap powder, full of light brown powder

Bottle, glass clear with glass stopper

Bottle, clear glass, glass stoppered with seal for holding ammonia containing white powder

Bottle, for holding ammonia, containing white powder