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Month-going longcase clock by John May

Month-going longcase clock by John May

1700-1710
Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

Eight-day longcase clock by Edward East in a later marquetry case

1675-1685
Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy

Eight-day longcase clock by Justin Vulliamy

1745-1755
Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

Marine timekeeper by Henry Sully, Paris, 1724

1724
Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

Longcase clock with tidal dial by Christopher Pinchbeck

1715-1725
Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford

Month-going longcase clock in a marquetry case by George Stratford

1700-1725
Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

Longcase clock in a marquetry case by William Cattell

1675-1685
Architect's drawing instruments

Architect's drawing instruments

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

Table clock in walnut case by Henry Jones

1675
Globe electrical machine attributed to George Adams

Globe electrical machine attributed to George Adams

1700-1753
Materials House

Materials House

1999
Chainomatic balance by Griffin and Tatlock

Chainomatic balance by Griffin and Tatlock

circa 1935
King George III's archimedean screw

King George III's archimedean screw

1762
Mantel clock by Metamec

Mantel clock by Metamec

1950-1960
Terrestrial telescope, 1670-1700.

Terrestrial telescope, 1670-1700.

1670-1700
Barometer by Daniel Quare

Barometer by Daniel Quare

1695-1705
Roberts type monaural stethoscope, reputedly English, 1870-1880

Roberts type monaural stethoscope, reputedly English, 1870-1880

1870-1880
Ell Rod, German, 1700-1799

Ell Rod, German, 1700-1799

1700-1799
small telescope (prospect glass; spyglass; opera glass)

small telescope (prospect glass; spyglass; opera glass)

1759
Eclipse Demonstration Model

Eclipse Demonstration Model

1867
Two bar magneto Wood wall telephone produced by Peel Conner

Two bar magneto Wood wall telephone produced by Peel Conner

1904
Printing Block Used in Flexographic Printing, 1940-1977

Printing Block Used in Flexographic Printing, 1940-1977

1940-1977
Valve radio

Valve radio

circa 1935
HMV Model 907 Combined Radio and Television Receiver

HMV Model 907 Combined Radio and Television Receiver

1938
Scioptic ball with fixed mirror, 1745-1755

Scioptic ball with fixed mirror, 1745-1755

1745-1755
Compound microscope in walnut

Compound microscope in walnut

Post mortem set

Post mortem set

1877-1900
Stereoscopic Viewer

Stereoscopic Viewer

circa 1910
novelty spyglass (prospect glass?), 2-draw tube, i

novelty spyglass (prospect glass?), 2-draw tube, i

1701-1800
Stereoscopic Viewing Cabinet, Pedestal Model, c 1880

Stereoscopic Viewing Cabinet, Pedestal Model, c 1880

1875-1885
Materials House

Materials House

1999
Walnut case for terrestrial Telescope

Walnut case for terrestrial Telescope

1670-1700
Wax model of a decomposing body in a walnut coffin, Italy, 1774-1800

Wax model of a decomposing body in a walnut coffin, Italy, 1774-1800

1774-1800
Base for Balance Scales

Base for Balance Scales

Support and balance beam for Scales

Support and balance beam for Scales

Lead Adhesion Disc

Lead Adhesion Disc

Lead Adhesion Disc

Lead Adhesion Disc

"The Artists" Plate Camera

"The Artists" Plate Camera

1875-1885
6 boxed Twaddell hydrometers

6 boxed Twaddell hydrometers

1870-1914
The Patent Revolving Album 9. Walnut carte-de-visite automatic viewer holding 26 cartes-de-visite in 13 holders, on walnut cradle with carved legs. Key in bottom.

The Patent Revolving Album 9. Walnut carte-de-visite automatic viewer holding 26 cartes-de-visite in 13 holders

1875-1885
Table, folding oval topped, walnut, ex Royal Saloon, Wolverton, c.1929, painted 'Royal Saloons Wolverton' underneath, made by carpenter J.R. Gould.

Walnut table, ex Royal Saloon

Spatula part of dry smear test, part of a kit branded CerviKit by Cellpath. Similar kits for conventional (dry) smear tests were used in hospitals until 2003

Spatula used for dry smear test

1960-2003
Silver coffee pot with walnut handle, on tripod with spirit burner mounted on stand beneath, made by Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, spirit burner made 1810, pot and stand 1811

Silver coffee pot with walnut handle

1810-1811
Table, London & North Eastern Railway, Oval, walnut veneered, ex Queen's Waiting Room, Wolferton, ornate central pedestal, made by Blyth & Sons.

Pedestal table, London & North Eastern Railway

1800-1900
Newtonian reflecting telescope, made to specifications of Leon Foucault (originally fitted with silver-on-glass mirror) by Secretan, mounted on wooden table stand, Paris, 1857-1868. Accessories include three eye-pieces in fitted leather lined wooden case.

Newtonian Reflecting Telescope, by Secretan, 1857-1868

1857-1868
Portrait of William Hancock by Charles Hancock, oil on canvas . William Hancock is depicted seated half length. He wears a black coat and his left arm rests on a raised object, possibly the back of a chair. The background is a gradient of black to brown. The painting is in a rectangular frame of walnut wood with a gilt beading inner. A plaque beneath the painting reads ‘WILLIAM HANCOCK. BORN JULY 1788’.

Portrait of William Hancock by Charles Hancock

circa 1819-1877
Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates. No makers name (but probably French or German). Folding plate camera in walnut with nickel fittings. No lens or panel. Sliding rising and cross front. Front fixed, back adjustable in three positions with peg and keyslot fittings. Rack and pinion focussing, double extension bellows. Hinged baseplate locked by sliding element. With one bookform wooden double darkslide.

Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates

1900
Barometer by Watkins, London, England, 1747-1765

Barometer, by Francis Watkins, 1747-1765

1747-1765
One of twenty six eyepieces, in wooden mounts made by William Herschel and used with his own reflecting telescopes, Slough, England, 1780-1800. Inscribed D1.

One of twenty six reflecting telescope eyepieces, in wooden mounts

1780-1800
Linos plate camera, made by Romain Talbot, Berlin. Folding wooden plate camera for 9 x 12 cm plates. RR lens F:6", f8.4-64; one blade shutter settings marked 1-9 and Z cocked by key. Sliding rising front ; swing front, sliding focussing. (M4635)

Linos Plate camera

circa 1898