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Barber's chair modified for dental extractions

1701-1800

Verge escapement watch movement by Ahasuerus Fromanteel

1685

Scientific Publication: ‘The Anisotropy of the Universe at Large Times’

1974

Mortar, decorated with coat of arms

1700-1800

Ronette MC.65 Crystal microphones

1955

Philips 28ML8916/05B widescreen television receiver

1991

Set of brass coin weights

1626

Philips 35/70mm Magnetic Head

Wade Bequest collection of valves: Small B11 triode radio valve

Rectangular mahogany medicine chest

1801-1900

Electrical meter to test charge and electronics

2006-2021

Two eye baths

1960-1980

Pharmacy jar, used for nerve ointment, The Netherlands, 1730-1780

1730-1780

Medal, silver, probably commemorative of cowpox in Holland

1747

Philips PC80 Camera Head

1966

Balance (imperfect) and set of 25 weights, in case, Dutch, 1600-1630

1600-1630

Set of scales and weights

1611

Small Apothecaries' balance

1620-1630

Mortar decorated with coat of arms

1700-1800

Bronze weight, Dutch

1600-1799

Philips N1700 Videocasette Recorder, c 1980

1979-1983

Cascade generator for 1.5 million volt accelerator

1937

Model of a horse-operated dredger

1946

Model of a Dutch yacht of the late 18th century

1775-1795

Commemorative plate, 'Tommy', London & North Eastern Railway, commemorating the return of locomotive No. 6000 from Holland, 1947-1952, Delftware blue on white decoration depicting 'Tommy' in a dutch landscape, made by Makkum, British Rail Property Board No. 00687.

Commemorative plate, Tommy

1947-1952

Philips VR2021 video cassette recorder, 1981. Video 2000 System, Type VR2021/05, NER WD0413882007628. Contains a Philips 2x3 hour VC360 video cassette. This recorder represents one of the first (not the very first) mass-marketed home video recorders available in the UK using the Philips V2000 tape format.

Philips VR2021 Video Cassette Recorder

1981

Electronic pocket calculator by Texas Instruments, model TI-58, programmable. c.1978.

Electronic pocket calculator by Texas Instruments

circa 1978

One of two boxes flash bulbs, Philips "Photoflux" PF 5/97, blue, each containing five bulbs.

Box of Philips Photoflux Flash Bulbs

Philips Type PF45 Photoflux flashbulb

Philips Flashbulb

Philips Type PF45 E Photoflux flashbulb

Philips Flashbulb

Black tailcoat with gold lining, labelled 'Made in Holland'.

Black tailcoat for Gordon the Gopher

1985-1990

Adaptor for capless flashbulbs for use in miniature bayonet cap type flash gun with ejector lever. Made in Holland.

Phillips adaptor for capless flash bulbs

Two glass bottles with green paper covers full of 'Cholera Drops'. Each: 60 mm x 22 mm diameter, 19g. Supplied by Willem Pitlo, Arnhem, Dutch, 1801-1900.

Two bottles of 'Cholera Drops'

1801-1900

Rigged model, scale 1:8, of a Dutch Botter yacht, unsigned, Holland, 1903-1929

Rigged model of a Dutch Botter yacht

1903-1929

Infrared lamp, 13374 E/479, 240-250 Volts.

Infrared lamp

Two of two boxes flash bulbs, Philips "Photoflux" PF 5/97, blue, each containing five bulbs

Box of Philips Photoflux Flash Bulbs

Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Red Warbler at Nest". Taken using a 1/4 plate Sanderson Field camera with an 8 1/2" Dallmeyer F/4.5 lens at F/16 1/5th sec. P. 500 plate, no filter. Photographer's stamp, image spec notes, and Focal Press paper label on verso.

Red Warbler at Nest

circa 1940s

Two boxes flash bulbs, Philips 'Photoflux' PF 1/97, each containing five bulbs.

Two Boxes Philips Photoflux Flash Bulbs

Electric shaver in a leatherette case, with a two-pin electric plug, made by Philishave. With small blue booklet.

Philishave Electric Shaver

Collection of 45 colour prints by Martin Parr forming the exhibition `Small World', 1995: (43) Bulb Nursery, Holland

Bulb Nursery, Holland, 1995

1995

Philips Type PF48 Photoflux flashbulb; fitted to 1982-5040/1 Speed Graphic camera.

Philips Flashbulb

Disc calculator for flash bulb exposures - PF1 and PF5 and No1 and No 2 Photolita lamps. Scales for 12-320 ASA films.

Philips Photoflux and Photolita calculator

1955-1965

Made in Holland. 250v 2000w large bi-pin base; for 3200°K film. Contains tungseten granules for cleaning. In original wrapping.

Philips Studio Lamp Type 13177P

Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Golden Oriole feeding a Silver Y moth to its young. Nest is beautifully slung under the branch of an Alder tree." Taken in Hoofdorof, Holland, 1952. Displayed in Hoskings' exhibition "Looking at Birds". Kodak House, London, April 10-18 and 23-27, 1957. exhibition press information on verso.

Golden Oriole feeding a Silver Y moth to its young

1952

Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Common Tern alighting at nest." Image taken with a 1/4 plate Sanderson Field camera with 8 1/2 Dallmeyer F/4.5 Serrac lens at F/11 1/25th sec exposure. Ilford soft grad pan plate, no filter, Sun obscured by light cloud. Photographer's stamp, image spec notes, and Focal Press paper label on verso.

Common Tern alighting at nest

circa 1950s

Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Golden Eagle photographed in 1956 at its eyrie in the Scottish Highlands". Displayed in Hosking's "Looking at Birds" exhibition at Kodak House, London, April 1957. Exhibition press caption on verso.

Golden Eagle

1956

Vintage silver gelatin photograph by Eric J. Hosking, titled "Short-eared Owl (flashlight)". Taken in Norfolk, 1942, using a 1/4 playe Sanderson Field camera with an 8 1/2 Dallmeyer F/4.5 Serrac lens at F/11 and a baby flashlight bulb after dusk.P.1200 plate, no filter. Photographer's stamp, image spec notes, and Focal Press paper label on verso. Published in Eric J. Hosking and Cyril W. Newberry "Birds of the Night" (London: Collins, 1945), p. 89.

Short-eared Owl (flashlight)

1942