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Home made 30-line televisor, 1934

1934

Weight

1910-1930

Iron Weight

1910-130

Tappan electric cooking range. This cooker was owned by John Banks

Early 1960s

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Tandy & Bailey Wolverhampton"

1830

Dental key

1835-1850

Crane Foundry Iron weight

1880-1920

Enlarging exposure meter in box with instructions

circa 1945

Periflex camera

1949-1959

Hansom cab, late 19th century

1887-1900

Dynamo Direct Current Generator

1902

NEI Thompson

1984

Artery forceps

1880-1920

Artery forceps

1880-1920

electricity generator

Crotchet, obstetrical, blunt hook

1830-1900

Cramp for laying floor-boards

Tilting tea-kettle, heated by metal slug

1845

Carte de visite of John Putnam

1860-1888

Sunbeam Mabley 'Sociable' Voiturette

1902

Locomotive Worksplate, Bishops Castle Railway, "Bishops Castle Railway No.1", red and brass oval, (replica cast from S.P. Higgins original).

Bishops Castle worksplate

1969

Notice, enamel, red lettering on white ground, London & South Western Railway, `Danger. Don't Touch Conductor Rails', by Chromo, Wolverhampton. Dimensions: 318 x 248 in (8077.2 x 6299.2 mm).

Warning notice, London & South Western Railway

Litter bin, British Railways. "Tidy Egg", yellow plastic egg-shaped litter bin marked "Travellers Fare" from BR Buffet Car. Manufactured for British Rail by Andrews Group of Companies, Wolverhampton, England. Overall: 457 mm x 354 mm x 160 mm.

Tidy Egg litter bin, BR Buffet Car

Marston Golden Sunbeam bicycle, 1906-1907 fitted with 2-speed epicyclic gear patent 6683/1904

Golden Sunbeam bicycle

1906-1907

Map, enamelled steel, `The Cornish Riviera', GWR, 1900-1940. Maximum sunshine. Englands health and pleasure resort. Chromo, Wolverhampton.

Map, The Cornish Riviera

1900-1940

Cardboard box, contains packets of express powders for headaches, influenza etc made by Reade Brothers and Co. Ltd. of Wolverhampton, English, 1920-1950

Cardboard box

1920-1950

Original 16mm colour footage, filmed and edited by Dr Charles Waine, around 1960-1965. According to a note by the filmmaker, the footage was shot at 16 fps and 24 fps. Most of the shots are taken from the lineside or from a bridge looking over the tracks, and features steam trains. Some shots show permanent way workers and track laying work. 200 feet of footage on 400 feet reel. Approximately 8 minutes.

Original 16 mm film 'Railway: Western region. Albrighton, Hatton junction. Remainder Albrighton-Codsall. Track laying etc. 1960 to about 1965'

1960-1965

Experimental port taileron flap control, type 489 Exp 3A. Probably for TSR2.

Experimental Port Taileron Flap Control

key, Gibbons of Wolverhampton.

Small key

A Kodachrome 35mm slide taken by Tony Ray-Jones for an article on English eccentrics, 'Happy Extremists'. The photograph was published in the 'Sunday Times Magazine', 18 October 1970.

Cyril Clifft - the dogs' house

1970

Corfield Lumimeter. Comparison photometer for enlarging. Sliding light source, tissue screen (decomposed), back lit by reflection. In carton with instructions.

Corfield Lumimeter

Seagull outboard motor, serial possibly OA no. 03643 by John Marston, Wolverhampton; likely made 1935

Seagull Outboard Motor

circa 1935

Elwell-Parker 2 pole open-pattern dynamo with drum armature, no.1613 complete with track for belt tensioning 60 volts 15 amps D C output at 1200 rpm. Made by Electric Construction Corporation Ltd. Wolverhampton

Elwell-Parker 2 pole open-pattern dynamo with drum armature

Starter switchgear unit by Contractor Switchgear Ltd made in Wolverhampton. Patent number 657164, serial number 1T11058. Used with J&E Hall Limited Compound Ammonia Compressor, made c.1961.

Electrical Cabinet by Contractor Switchgear Ltd

circa 1961

The Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera. Periscope focusing. Fitted with a Lumax F.2 50mm f.1 lens in interchangeable mount. Focal plane shutter with speeds 1 sec 1/200sec B. & T. Metal construction with black leather cover. c.1958

Periflex Gold Star 35mm camera

1958

Villiers automatic carburettor for motor cycle, sectioned, on nickelled T-tube stand with control, patented by F. A. Mills and made by the Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, 1927. Both the carb. & stand are found together at the same location.

Mills patented Villiers automatic motorcycle carburettor, England, 1927

1927

"Beethoven" Dynamo condenser exploder, ICI, in leather case, coal mining use.

Dynamo condenser exploder, ICI

Hydraulic pump by Intergral, Wolverhampton. Part no. 395-018 for Concorde

Hydraulic Pump

Early Sunbeam sports bicycle

Early Sunbeam Sports Bicycle

1933

Guy Arab II double decker 'Utility' bus, 1943, Weymann body, registration no. DHR 192.

Arab II 'Utility' bus

1943

Testing set for a six-shot exploder, coal mining use. Made by Marston Excelsior Ltd. shot-firing apparatus.

Coal mining testing set

Turner 'Yeoman of England' agricultural tractor on pneumatic tyres, by Turner Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Wulfrana Works, Wolverhampton, c 1949-1957. Engine: Serial No. 4V3-1561, 40 hp V-4 overhead valve diesel. Fitted with power take-off and three point hydraulic linkage.

Turner Yeoman diesel tractor, 1949-1957.

1945-1955

Low voltage experimental power unit made by Chloride Legg Ltd, Ford House Road, Wolverhampton. Approximately 710mm high, 450mm deep, 530mm wide. Input 240v 50Hz single phase, output 0-14V at 40A, 14-18V at 32A. Serial no.300825 (1980-1990)

Low voltage experimental power unit made by Chloride Legg Ltd

1980-1990

Locomotive cabside number plate, brass, Bishop's Castle Railway No1, ex Great Western Railway "517" Class 0-4-2 tank locomotive, No 567, built Wolverhampton, 12/1869, transferred to Bishop's Castle Railway 8/1905, scrapped 6/1936.

bishop's castle railway cabside number plate

1869

Single lens reflex camera for 120 rollfilm 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or plates. Fitted with a Corfield Lumax lens F: 95mm f/3.5-22 No.2212334, helical focusing. Lens made in West Germany. Three point bayonet mount. Focal plane shutter 10/15/20/30/40/60/75/125/250/500/B. Single knob winds on shutter, drops mirror and works counter. Mirror can be locked in up position. Ground glass focusing screen with detachable hood and magnifier. Rada type rollfilm back. No. AA00277. K G Corfield Limited. 1962

Corfield 66 Reflex Camera

1962

Photograph, silver gelatin print, card mounted, 15 x 12 ins (378 x 304 mm), showing Great Western Railway locomotive 'King George V' with a train at Wolverhampton Low Level station in 1927, on its return from the Baltimore & Ohio Railway centenary exhibition. Photographer Sirrell Stubbs.

Photograph, silver gelatin print

1927

Comparison photometer for enlarger. Image reflected by a mirror onto small spot of greaseproof paper visible from the front. Surface of the paper lit by light from a 5w lamp modulated by rotating continuous wedge. Adjustable preset mask for lamp. CAlculator scale calibrated for paper speeds 2-500, exposure times, 1-240 seconds. K.G. Corfield LTd.

Corfield Lumieter Enlarging Exposure Meter

Electric time-lock by Chubb's, 1970. Consists of main body of lock; steel bolt; rubber cap for end of bolt; battery and two keys on a keyring.

Electric time-lock by Chubb's

1970

FAG (5-inch) slide rule with leather sleeve by Fischer Bearing Compant Limited, Wolverhampton

FAG (5-inch) slide rule with leather sleeve by Fischer Bearing Compant Limited

1950-1960

Villiers free wheel for bicycle, with celluloid plate to show bearing etc. Made by the Villiers Engineering Co. Ltd., c. 1923. Mounted in lined case.

Bicycle wheel

1918-1928

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