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Model of a Television Set Tammeter, 1955-1965

1955-1965

The 'Oxydonor', Canada, 1898-1930

1898-1930

Electric Personal Printer, by Brother, 1982

1982

Ophthalmic hook

1701-1925

Maltron Ergonomic High-Speed Keyboard, 1979-1986

1979-1986

Olympia Electronic Typewriter, 1960-1980

1960-1980

Meerschaum tobacco pipe in the form of a porcelain pipe

1863

Apparatus for experiments concerning aeolian tones

Gourd container filled and decorated with various amuletic objects

1871-1918

Magnifying glass convexed lens set in simple wire frame joined at ends to form handle

1801-1900

Suture wire

Microscopist, coil spring

1900-1950

Magnifying glass

Sand Glass in Wire Mount with an Alarm

1760-1850

Knife used for various surgical operations

1880-1935

Model of first hydraulic steam lifeboat "Duke of Northumberland"

1889-1912

Compound, coil spring

1850-1920

Compound coil spring spectacles

1850-1920

Landau-Type Child's Perambulator

1876

German wooden clock, with foliot type escapement

1669

Apparatus for experiments concerning aeolian tones

Ashadar or Time stick, Northern India, 1895-1905

1895-1905

Horn stem with two sections of antler horn and flexible wire and cloth section for meerschaum tobacco pipe

1831-1880

Pince nez

1851-1900

Opera glasses

1850-1920

Lid of tortoiseshell covered wooden box, English, 1870-1920

1870-1920

Opera glasses

1850-1920

Case, cylindrical brass plated

Set of tattooing instruments

1870-1920

Five mains connection cables

1988-1994

Power cable and data cable for printer

1988-1994

Carved ivory tobacco pipe stem once belonging to a meerschaum bowl

1851-1900

CRONOS/ECCE1, the first anthropomimetic robot

2005

Surgical knife

1701-1925

Surgical knife

1701-1925

Trephining knife

1701-1925

Antler horn tobacco pipe stem

1851-1900

Leather wallet containing suture wire and needles

Painted wooden face mask, polychrome, representing young man with moustache wearing fez, said to cure kalaazar fever, Sinhalese, Sri Lanka, 1771-1860

Painted polychrome mask

1771-1860
Repeater, cylinder, going barrel, by Breguet, no.357, Parachute and curb compensator, wire gong, in gold case, silver dial (out of order) with small gold(?) chain

Repeater, cylinder, going barrel, in gold case, with cylinder dial

circa 1800
Hookah tobacco pipe, enamelled metal base, glazed porcelain water reservoir, silver bowl with clay or lime lining with brass lid, flexible spring tube mouthpiece partly felt covered near end with ivory mount, amber mouthpiece missing, with tweezers attached, Turkish or Persian, 1880-1930

Hookah tobacco pipe (Turkish or Persian)

1880-1930
1/4-repeater, cylinder, going barrel, by Ls. Lacroix, Turin, in gold case, silver dial, wire gong (1 Janvier 1833 on case), no.8044 (in case)

1/4-repeater, cylinder, going barrel

1833
White porcelain tobacco pipe, horn reservoir, cherrywood stem with horn section and mouthpiece, bowl has transfer print of dapple grey horse and hinged metal cover, possibly Dutch, 1851-1910

White porcelain tobacco pipe

1851-1910
White glazed porcelain tobacco pipe, handpainted clover like pattern on bowl, horn reservoir, wooden stem with flexible horn and cloth section, horn mouthpiece, Dutch, 1780-1840

White glazed porcelain tobacco pipe

1780-1840
Driver's Tea Can, white enamel with side handle and swing-wire overhead handle. Lid is inverted cup with side handle.

Driver's tea can

Bracelet composed of human teeth(?), threaded through wire, falling apart, Iceland, 1880-1920

Bracelet composed of human teeth(?), threaded thro

1880-1920
Terminal plate, gutta percha(?), rectangular with five brass terminal joints in one line down middle of plate, Riviere apparatus, European, 1880-1930

Terminal plate

1880-1930
Horn tobacco pipe, stem and reservoir for porcelain pipe, tubular stem with wire and cloth tube at top. Y-shaped stem, possibly German, circa 1850-1910.

Horn tobacco pipe

1850-1910
Frontal bone, used by Dr. Wilson Parry to demonstrate trephining by primitive method, trephined entirely by hafted shark's tooth, provenance unknown, 1801-1913

Frontal bone

1801-1913
Cream lace headdress with streamers, surmounted by artificial roses, buds and leaves, part of Chalmers collection, English, 1837-1900

Cream lace headdress with streamers

1837-1900