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Tobacco box - made from a piece of roman lead pipe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1854

Box for 'Trilene' tablets, Europe, 1801-1900

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Clinomyn smokers toothpaste

Dentistry

1971-1975

Box for the ‘Tyne’ Hair Restorer, England, 1890-1915

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1915

Tin of 'Allenburys' throat pastilles, London, England, 1920-1940

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Towel box, Royal Train - Great Western Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

1900-1940

Cardboard box for Halycalcyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Box for Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1949

Signal relay box

Signalling & Telecommunications

Sterilisable metal box, containing glass syringe and metal trocar holder. There are no trocar or needle points included. Has a lid that slots over the bottom half, inscribed 'Casa Saldanha'. Stored inside the Livingstone medicine chest. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, England, 1900-1910.

Sterilisable metal box containing glass syringe

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Two piece box for 50th Golden

Aeronautics

Box for ICON Smart Bike Light

Computing & Data Processing

2017

Pack of Miraxid Paediatric Suspension, United Kingdom, 1980-1986

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-1986

Acrylic box, for displaying dentures, English, 1955-1965

Acrylic box for displaying dentures, England, 1955-1965

Dentistry

1955-1965

Small wooden box to hold calf lymph, England, 1900-1910

Public Health & Hygiene

1900-1910

Box containing ampoules of Strophanthus extract, England, 1917

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

Toilet box, Ancient Egyptian, 650-350 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

650-350 BCE

Small fitted wooden box with space for three components (one only present) from commercial model of a wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), Muirhead and Company, Beckenham, London, England, 1902. For use by the Lodge-Muirhead Wireless and General Telegraphy Syndicate Ltd.

Wooden box from wheel or steel-disc coherer (thin-film detector), 1902

Radio Communication

1902

Box for tie press made by Pifc

Domestic Appliances

c. 1955

Carboard box for 10 doses of live BP Trivalent (sabin type) poliomyelitis vaccine, for oral administration to provide protection against poliomyelitis manufactured by The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, London, and supplied by Evans Medical Ltd, Leatherhead, England, 1994

Box for polio vaccine

Public Health & Hygiene

1994

Box for Griptight miniature feeder, England, 1935-1945

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1935-1945

box

Aeronautics

Empty cardboard Cussons Darts

Industrial Chemistry

Box lid for ED Bommerang radio

Aeronautics

Box, perhaps for checks or tok

Coal Mining

Leather box for storage of exp

Coal Mining

Lockable battery box 1980s & k

Coal Mining

Box for conventional, or dry, smear test kit. Similar kits for conventional (dry) smear tests were used in hospitals until 2003

Box for conventional, or dry, smear test kit

Clinical Diagnosis

1960-2003

Box, pine, for rail transport of fishing rods, with luggage labels for SR and LNER, by Cummins, Rod Maker of Bishop Auckland, c.1935.

Box, pine, for rail transport of fishing rods, with luggage

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1935

2 sets of thin brass weights, assorted grain weigh

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1930

Carton for VP twin camera.

Carton For V P Twin Camera

Photographic Technology

Ballot box, N.A.C.O.D.S.

Coal Mining

Box lid for Japanese version o

Aeronautics

Empty cardboard Cussons Darts

Industrial Chemistry

Cardboard box for 'the Kodak Picture Printing Outfit'. Kodak Limited 1934.

Carton For The Kodak Picture Printing Outfit

Photographic Technology

1934

box

Local History

Cardboard box containing five ampoules of iodine by Burroughs Wellcome American

Ampoules of iodine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Cardboard box containing four ampoules of iodine, by Burroughs Wellcome, American

Ampoules of iodine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Box for miniature bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry.

Box for miniature bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry

Passenger Comforts

Case for pair of muzzle loading flintlock pistols

Wellcome (general)

1801-1830

Box lid for Magnum XL Series m

Aeronautics

Staff and ticket box, Kinnersley and Llanymynech

Signalling & Telecommunications

Circular box of imitation ivory cellulose nitrate

Plastics and Modern Materials

1900-1914

Box for PillCamTM COLON 2 capsule used for the medical investigation of the colon, made by Given Imaging, 2009-2014

Box

Clinical Diagnosis

2009-2014

Cardboard box for MinION portable device

Biotechnology

c.2014

Linen box, London Midland & Scottish Railway, wooden crate with hinged lid, marked "LMS Royal Train Linen". Overall: 575 mm x 830 mm x 660 mm.

Linen box, London Midland & Scottish Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Bromoil brush box made of paper. Modified Kodak paper box.

Bromoil brush box

Photographic Technology

Box for "SR" toothpaste, empty, by Elida Gibbs Ltd., England, 1960-1970

Box for "SR" toothpaste

Dentistry

1960-1970

Box, for Vidicon tube from infra-red television camera

Heat

1972