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Bowl from Hiroshima, Japan

Nuclear Physics

1935-1945

Wooden bowl, made of mango wood in the Philippines

Domestic Appliances

1999

`Melaware' plastic bowl, maroon. English c1960-197

Domestic Appliances

c. 1960-1970

Glass bowl from medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1750-1830

Clay Shirodhara bowl, India, 2005

Asian Medicine

2005

Dhara Chatti, copper bowl with chains for suspension

Asian Medicine

2005

Wooden bowl with handle, carved, Norwegian

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Thiourea-urea-formaldehyde hexagonal Bandalastaware bowl , 1924-1931

Plastics and Modern Materials

1924-1931

Bakelite bowl

Plastics and Modern Materials

Faience bowl, possibly from Egypt

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Tin glazed earthenware bowl, depicting a parturition scene, Italy, 1551-1600

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1551-1600

Bowl originally on three legs, England, 1701-1870

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1701-1870

Pottery bowl with green glaze, possibly medieval

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Salad bowl, Southern Railway, white with green border and garter emblem.

Ceramic salad bowl, Southern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Salad bowl, ceramic, Great Eastern Railway, "THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY" in oval garter on inside enclosing dragon's wing of London, fluted edge, blue and gilt edged, floral decoration inside and out, unidentified maker; marked underneath "20-England".

Ceramic salad bowl, Great Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Slop bowl, ceramic, Great Northern Railway, white, green floral border, marked underneath "GREAT NORTHERN HOTELS", by Royal Doulton.

Ceramic slop bowl, Great Northern Railway - Great Northern Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Sugar bowl, china, fluted, by Minton, from Great Western Railway Royal Saloon No 9006, used by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, pale green with gold rim and dark green garland decoration, white inside. Overall: 70 mm x 100 mm.

Minton sugar bowl from GWR Royal Saloon No 9006

Passenger Comforts

Dislocation Bowl

Metallurgy

1999

Bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

Reddish, circular bowl with fluted sides, made of

Plastics and Modern Materials

1920-1940

Bowl

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Nest of bowls with painted scene of copulating man and woman

Asian Medicine

Lidded bowl in form of stylised skull

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Mixing bowl, ceramic, North Eastern Railway, white, printed on side "NER" motif, no maker's mark.

Ceramic mixing bowl, North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Bowl, ceramic, beige, depicting the locomotive Mail and four carriages and flat wagon in a pastoral scene on outside rim, brown pattern round inner rim.

early staffordshire pottery bowl

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1850

Wall piece of a samian ware vessel

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 300 CE

Bowl, enamelled iron, chipped

Enamelled iron bowl

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Bowl

Public Health & Hygiene

Bowl, ceramic, beige, depicting engine and four carriages and flat wagon in pastoral scene on outside rim, brown pattern on inner rim.

early staffordshire pottery bowl

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1850

Metal sugar bowl with two handles, some surface wear, stamped with makers mark and company logo

Nickel silver sugar bowl

Passenger Comforts

Bowl, glass, Great Western Railway - Hotels; circular, GWR roundel, with "HOTELS" banner below etched on glass.

Glass bowl, Great Western Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Small bowl - part of butter lamp

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Bowl with symbols of Lamaism from Wright collection

Asian Medicine

1801-1925

Silver plated sugar bowl, Pullman Car Company.

Silver plated sugar bowl, Pullman Car Company

Passenger Comforts

Minature black bowl, slightly concave sides

Classical & Medieval Medicine

475-375

Shallow bowl made of dark brown/black imitation ma

Plastics and Modern Materials

1920-1940

Glass fruit bowl, with printed geometric decorative band, marked (etched) 2202/67. English, c. 1967.

Glass fruit bowl, with printed geometric decorativ

Domestic Appliances

c. 1967

Bowl, child's alphabet, ceramic, white glazed Staffordshire pottery, with hand-coloured transfer vignette of North Staffordshire Railway 2-2-2 locomotive emerging from tunnel, c1860.

Child's ceramic alphabet bowl, North Staffordshire Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1860

Bowl, ceramic, Eurostar, Royal Doulton, maker's mark underneath.

Ceramic bowl, Eurostar

Passenger Comforts

Modern bowl, 1999. Marked "Preston Bowling Club".

Materials Science Gallery

1999

Sugar bowl, china, fluted, by Mintons, from Great Western Railway Royal Saloon No 9006, used by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, pale green with gold rim and dark green garland decoration, white inside.

Minton sugar bowl from GWR Royal Saloon No 9006

Passenger Comforts

Metal soupbowl, dented with some surface wear, stamped with makers mark and company logo

Nickel silver soup bowl

Passenger Comforts

Dish with two handles moulded in the shape of ribbon bows, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield.

Silver plated bowl

Passenger Comforts

Bowl

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Bronze bowl

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1000 CE

Ceremonial food bowl

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Buddhist offering bowl

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Ceramic cereal bowl, purple and white, 1999.

Ceramics

1999

Soup bowl, Great Western Railway - Hotels, made by J & G Meakin, Hanley - "Vitresol"; white pot soup bowl with leaf border design, "GWR Hotels" on rim (roundel type).

Ceramic soup bowl, Great Western Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts

Bowl, ceramic, Pullman Car Company Ltd, white glaze with 'PCC' in black, vitrified, by Ridgway Potteries Limited, Stoke-on-Trent.

Ceramic bowl, Pullman

Passenger Comforts