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Silver fox locomotive plaque, London & North Eastern Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1935

Wax model of a plague scene, Europe, 1657

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1657

Wax plaque showing foetus in the womb

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wax plaque of woman showing foetus in the womb

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Managers plaque, Shildon works

Railway Infrastructure

1835-1984

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Cot plaque from the Great Ormond Street Hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1904

Arthington Tunnel memorial plaque, 1849

Railway Infrastructure

1849

Plaque from the launch of Earthviewer, 2004

Space Technology

2004

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Copper plaque stamped with a Latin cross for protection against cholera

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1900-1909

Cot plaque from Great Ormond Street Hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1902

Plaque for cot, Great Ormond Street Hospital

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1900

Guinevere, Random Number Selector and name plaque

Computing & Data Processing

1994

Brass carriage plaque, Midland Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Henry Hunt Bronze Plaque

Local History

1915-1920

Plaque, London & North Western Railway, wooden plaque with "Five Seats" notice attached, inscribed "18 killed 44 injured. Shrewsbury Railway Disaster. Oct 15th 1907".

Commemorative plaque, Shrewsbury accident - London & North Western Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1907

Plaque made from dark brown Bois Durci, c. 1860.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1856-1888

Ivory plaque showing a dissection scene in ebony frame, Europe, 1601-1700

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1700

Wax anatomical plaque showing a foetus, Europe, 1801-1830

Anatomy & Pathology

1801-1830

Agecroft power station memorial plaque

Electricity Supply

Black circular plaque of Bois Durci, depicting pro

Plastics and Modern Materials

1860-1865

Memorial plaque, carved oak, to commemorate John Edward Nichols (d.1911). Founder of the Railway Convalescent Homes.

John Edward Nichols memorial plaque

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1911

Enamel plaque depicting St Cosmas anointing the head of a patient

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1525-1575

Cast metal bridge plaque with laurel wreaths surrounding the date "1855", from Great Howard Street railway bridge in Liverpool, originally mounted with a bronze bust of the deputy chairman of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, William Stuart.

bridge plaque - 1855

Railway Infrastructure

1855

Wooden plaque of St Lucy, Spain, 1601-1700

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Plaster copy of marble plaque

Classical & Medieval Medicine

500-400 BCE; 1901-1930

Bronze plaque, Italy, 1655-1667

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1655-1667

Plaque

Textile Industry

Plaque in Arabic, associated with Unani Tibb medical practices, England, 2004-2005

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2004-2005

Plaque of Lakshmi

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Plaque showing dental and surgical operations, Europe, 1801-1900

Dentistry

1300-1700; 1801-1900

Terracotta plaque showing an operation in the 1500s, Germany, 1701-1900

Surgery

1701-1900

Beyer-Garratt Presentation Plaque

Railways

Locomotive plaque, GWR, "Great Western Railway Broad Gauge Express Engine `Tartar' constructed at Swindon Works July 1848, withdrawn from service May 1892. Total Number of Miles run 1,335,312". Brass rectangle. 9"x4 1/2"

Locomotive plaque, Tartar - Great Western Railway

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

Dark brown circular plaque of Bois Durci, depictin

Plastics and Modern Materials

1860-1864

Plaque of god Vishnu and Bali fighting

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Brass plaque, engraved, 'From Shildon near this site, the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company, on the 27th September 1825, ran the first passenger train drawn by a steam engine'.

Plaque, first passenger train drawn by a steam engine

Railway Infrastructure

1840

Hollow terracotta plaque, head missing

Classical & Medieval Medicine

300-201 BCE

Black circular plaque with moulded head of Napoleon Bonaparte, c. 1900.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1891-1930

Copy of a stone plaque from a Roman bath, made in Europe, 1901-1950

Classical & Medieval Medicine

44-43 BCE; 1901-1950

Decorative ship's plaque, Great Western Railway, metal, curved, with two shields bearing the arms of the City of London and the City of Bristol, GWR final device, from bow of Twin Screw-Steamship St Patrick, built 1948 by Cammell Laird & Co Ltd., Birkenhead, last ship to be ordered by GWR, scrapped c.1975. Dimensions: 1320.8 mm x 1041.4 mm.

Metal ship's plaque, Great Western Railway - St Patrick

Railway Shipping

1948

Plaque commemorating Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary

Liverpool & Manchester Railway

1930

Plaque, steel, depicting swallow, emblem of BR InterCity, from InterCity headquarters, London, c 1992.

Steel plaque, British Rail InterCity

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1992

Wooden commemorative plaque, Thirsk 1892, North Eastern Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1892