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Box for Balloon theodolite by Cary, Porter Ltd., London, 1940.

Box for Balloon theodolite by Cary

1940
Keenok gearbox type V R / 3E no.376 with 1/2 HP motor and switch

Keenok gearbox type V R / 3E no.376 with 1/2 HP motor and switch

Box

Box

Box

Box

Six paper packets containing Mrs Montague's 'Mild Liver Powder' within original card carton. Overall: 29 mm x 36 mm x 78 mm, 21 g. Dispensed by R. Stevens Chemist, London, c. 1870.

Box of Mrs. Montague's Mild Liver Powder

1860-1890
Cylindrical cardboard box, with lid, cross-hatching on exterior, once containing medicine glass, from homeopathic medicine chest, rectangular, London, England, 1880-1910.

Cylindrical cardboard box

1880-1910
Cardboard box containing two pieces of tumeric root, with content, English box, 1890-1930

Cardboard box containing two pieces of tumeric root

1890-1930
Circular cardboard box, containing small gastropod mollusc shells, box English, 1851-1920

Circular cardboard box

1851-1920
Cardboard box contains glass bottle, originally contained forgenina, now empty, made by Giorgio Zoja of Milan, supplied in London by Savory and Moore, Italian, 1900-1950

Cardboard box contains glass bottle

1900-1950
Wooden box with sliding lid containing chunks of 'Gum Opii', opium gum. 35 mm x 102 mm x 70 mm, 50.5g. Prepared by the Apprentice Chemists Association, England, c.1880.

Box of Opium gum

1860-1900
Wooden box with sliding lid containing dried Cannabis Indica. 35 mm x 102 mm x 70 mm, 44g. Made by the Apprentice Chemists Association, England, c.1880.

Box of dried Cannabis Indica

1860-1900
Changing box for 10x8inch plates; 12 plate capacity, slot, light-trapped, for transfer to special darkslide. Object includes changing box and dark plate holder. The changing box is locked and key not found.

Hare Patent Automatic Changing Box

Storage box for stereo-daguerreotypes. Carpenter and Westley, 24 Regent Street, London

Storage Box For Stereo-Daguerreotypes

Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle, wooden box

Wooden box - Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle

Box for collection of astronomical mechanical lantern slides.

Box for collection of astronomical mechanical lantern slides

Hurter and Driffield Actinograph, small mahogany box containing exposure calculator and an original carton by Marion and Co.

Hurter and Driffield Actinograph and Original Carton

1885-1920
Cardboard box for a small photo-ceramic portrait by A.L. Handerson: (un-mounted) "Katie Reade". The box is marked 'Garrard & Co. Ltd, Crown Jewellers' on the top.

Box for photoceramic portrait

Cardboard box, unused, in flat form, assembles to form box for packaging paint tins for transport on British Railways, to BR Specification D62127, by Alliance Box Co, Warrington, c1960.

British Railways cardboard box

1960
Cardboard box, unused, in flat form, assembles to form box for packaging paint tins for transport on British Railways, to BR Specification D62127, by Alliance Box Co, Warrington, c1960.

British Railways cardboard box

1960
Electric hair dryer made from bakelite, by Ormond Engineering Company Limited, London, England, 1955-1960. Purchase dated 24 October 1960, in original box with comb and mirror and original guarantee (see note).

Electric bakelite hair dryer in original box with comb and mirror

1955-1960
Box, containing ceramic and glass beads used in assay of penicillin, 1940

Box, containing ceramic and glass beads used in assay of penicillin

1940
Cardboard box containing assortment of paperwork relating to the business of F. Knust. Consists of account books, cheques, trade literature etc.

Cardboard box containing assortment of paperwork relating to the business of F. Knust

Hollow cylindrical mahogany box with four lead weights

Hollow cylindrical mahogany box with four lead weights

1761
Elliptical box containing three lenses, one circular mirror, one strip and five diaphragm

Elliptical box containing three lenses

1800-1850
Box of microscope slide specimens, geological, belonged to Dr. George Hanley

Box of microscope slide specimens

Steel safety razor with box and integral small container, made of phenol formaldehyde, by Gillette, England, 1920-1940. With three razor blades in original packets inside the integral small container (see note).

Steel safety razor with box made of phenol formaldehyde

1920-1940
Box of artificial ear drums, size 4, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, England, 1933

Box of artificial ear drums

1933
Wooden box (no lid) containing camera parts, from a collection relating to the X-ray crystallography research carried out by Dame Kathleen Lonsdale at University College London.

Box containing camera parts

1930-1970
Gland box for piston rod on Peter Brotherhood intermediate-pressure compressor (IP4) installed in 1928 in the ammonia works at Billingham, for compressing from 10 to 55 atmospheres pressure. (See also 1982-1629, and additional description for 1982-1494.)

Gland box for piston rod on Peter Brotherhood intermediate-pressure compressor (IP4)

1928
Box for high frequency (violet ray) apparatus, made in USA, 1920-1955

Box for high frequency (violet ray) apparatus

1920-1955
Wooden box with glass panes.

Wooden box with glass panes

Wooden box inscribed 'Clockmakers Co.' on the lid. Maker unknown.

Wooden box

box (length 2 1/2 ins) of brass for holding Sulphur-matches; similar to above, but very diminutive; for use in a doll's house. Holland.

box (length 2 1/2 ins) of brass for holding Sulphur-matches; similar to above

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

Box for miniature bottle of Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry

Box containing 12 VF1 OptiHair2 von Frey Filaments, by MARSTOCKnervtest, Germany, c. 2000

VF1 OptiHair2 von Frey Filaments

circa 2000
53 boxes of materia medica, 19th century

53 boxes of materia medica

1801-1920
Box for adult Second World War (1939-1945) issue gas mask for use during anticipated Luftwaffe air raid using gas warfare. Issued to Mrs Allison, 79 Sadbrooke Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Smallshaw

Box for adult Second World War issue gas mask

Set-top box for demonstration of trial interactive TV System XXX

Set-top box for demonstration of trial interactive TV System XXX

Steel Flange Box lined with 1" thick Magnesia, plus an asbestos component wrapped in canvas, which is bound by a steel band, by Newalls Insulation Company Limited, England, 1921. Steel flange boxes were wrapped around steam pipe joint flanges, to provide insulation.

Steel Flange Box lined with Magnesia, plus asbestos wrapped in canvas

Iron box cataract from Robartes' 90 inch Cornish pumping engine Wheal Agar, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, lacking cistern

Iron Box Cataract for Pumping Engine

Wooden box for Ives' stereoscopic Kromskop.

Box for Ives' Stereoscopic Kromskop

Wooden box 210x130x100, covered with shagreen type material; lid with embossed design 'Stereoscopic Slides'; internal divider missing.

Storage box for stereo slides

Box of primus lantern slides, Size 6, for toy lantern slide, Series 3.

Box of Primus lantern slides

Wooden box used for despatch of negatives from Manchester to London

Wooden box for photographic negatives

Pencil box, wooden

Pencil box

Toiletry Box with daguerreotype portrait of George Dolland by unknown photographer.

Toiletry Box with daguerreotype portrait of George Dolland

circa 1850
4 unfolded soap boxes, viz:- (i) Elko carbolic soap, (ii) Elko washing soap, (iii) Barrington's holiday soap, (iv) Barrington's best XX Tallow-Crown soap

4 unfolded soap boxes

Junction box, type 206

Junction box

Box, British Rail InterCity, Hungarian recipe vegetable casserole, specially made by Sharwoods for Intercity, (empty).

Vegetable casserole box, British Rail - InterCity

circa 1990
Box portfolio containing 12 prints and one book from the series We English by Simon Roberts, 2010.

Box portfolio containing 12 prints and one book from the series We English by Simon Roberts

2010