Image
Category
Collection
Maker
On Display
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Steam locomotive, entitled Evening Star

1960

Pullman Car Company, called Topaz

1913

Compagnie Internationale de Wagon-Lits et de Grands Express Europeens sleeping car, 1933

1933

Unidentified part

1851-1900

Ophthalmoscope, British, c. 1850. Two mirrors of different focus in vulcanite mount; extra lens holder at back

1845-1855

Peltier Type Electrometer, 1848

1845

Steam locomotive 'Dean Goods', Great Western Railway

1897

Great Western Railway steam locomotive 'King George V' 4-6-0 King class, No 6000, 1927

1927

Jaipur below-knee prosthetic/artificial left leg

2017

Button surgically removed from a child's nose, United Kingdom, 1906

1901-1906

Jaipur below-knee prosthetic/artificial right leg

2017

Hawkesworth 'Pannier tank' No. 9400, Great Western Railway

1947

Two-power artillery periscope by C. P. Goerz

1917

Nissan Leaf RobotCar autonomous vehicle

2012

Steam locomotive, number 1439

1865

Mains Filter

Mould made of vulcanised rubber

1862

Queen Elizabeth's Saloon

1941

Shuttle picker made of vulcanised rubber

1857-1862

Mantel clock, ornate black marble case, arabic numerals, brass plate inscribed "Presented to Mr. R. Dawson by the Gentleman Farmers and others in the neighbourhood of Shipton on his retiring as Stationmaster which he has filled so satisfactorily for a period of 32 years. February 27th 1894".

Mantel clock, presented to retiring stationmaster of Shipton

Beige coloured vulcanised rubber oval plaque with relief scene. Depicts nude woman holding a child with veil draped over their heads and both riding a bat. Marked P106. Made by Alexander Parkes; c.1862.

Vulcanised rubber plaque with relief scene

1862

Railway carriage, Great Western Railway, Buffet Car No 9631, built in 1934.

Buffet Car No 9631, Great Western Railway

1934

Chassaignac type ecraseur by Collin & Cie, Paris, France, c.1870 - used for operations on intra-uterine polypus. From Charriere, Collin and Gentile collection

Chassaignac type ecraseur by Collin & Cie

1870-1930

Five early rubber mouldings in frames (2 in one frame), made by Thomas Hancock, c1840.

Vulcanite rubber plaques made by Thomas Hancock

circa 1840

Beige-coloured vulcanised rubber embossed with a prayer in ebonite typeface. It is in a rectangular wooden frame and was displayed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 for blind visitors. The prayer reads: “WHEN THOU PRAYEST ENTER INTO THY CLOSET, AND WHEN THOU HAST SHUT THY DOOR, PRAY TO THY FATHER WHICH IS IN SECRET; AND THY FATHER WHICH SEETH IN SECRET SHALL REWARD THEE OPENLY.”

Framed Prayer in Ebonite Typeface Displayed at the Great Exhibition for Blind Visitors.

circa 1851