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Uterine polypus forceps

1893-1920

Scalpel, steel and ebony

1893-1900

Trocar with silver cannula and stainless steel handle

1910-1940

Suture needle

1893-1900

Uterine dressing forceps

1851-1900

Dental forceps

1920-1940

Salt-glazed stoneware dispensing pot for rhubarb extract

1830-1906

Dental forceps

1850-1890

'Helical' spring folding eyeglasses with oval lenses

1828-1838

Stylised decoration in the shape of SARS-CoV-2, also know as COVID-19

2020

Movement of electrical clock by the National Self-winding Clock Co.

1898

Twisted glass stirring rod

1750-1900

Bedpan

1785-1825

Proposed successor including a roving vehicle to the Beagle 2 Mars lander

2005

‘Clam-shell’ mass model (dummy) used for parachute tests of the Beagle 2 Mars lander by Professor Colin Pillinger

1997-2002

Motion control track

Horse-drawn Bull wagon to Margetson and Hek's patent

1895-1905

Metal fleam

1822-1900

Ground test model of the Beagle 2 Mars lander by Professor Colin Pillinger

1997-2002

Scarificator with twelve lancets

1850-1900

Soole Collection

1932-1938

Late C19/ early C20 stoneware pitcher

1880-1920

Clay tobacco pipe

1630-1650

First industry (Matra Marconi Space) model of the Beagle 2 Mars lander by Professor Colin Pillinger

1997-2002

Saddle tank locomotive, entitled "Woolmer"

1910

Locomotive Worksplate, Fox Walker & Co (Bristol) No. 410, ex works November 1878, 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotive inside cylinder, new to North Pembrokeshire & Fishguard Railway "Margaret", to Great Western Railway February 1898 No. 1378, sold to Gwendraeth Valley Railway as No. 2 in 1910, to Kidwelly Tinplate Co. Ltd in 1923, out of use from 1941, now preserved at Scolton Manor Museum, near Haverfordwest.

Fox Walker & Co worksplate

1878

Plate, ceramic, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon, made by Robert R Bray, Bristol; plain white with green garter on rim. 7 in.

Ceramic plate, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Avonside Engine Co. Rebuilt by - 1906 Bristol", red, aluminium, oval.

Locomotive worksplate

1906

2 Locomotive shed plates, cast iron, Midland Railway, No 8 (Bristol).

Shed plate, Midland Railway

Locomotive worksplate, "Avonside Engine Co Ltd, Built 1934, Loco. No 2076, Bristol", brass, oval, ex Westerleigh Stone & Lime Company 0-4-0 diesel mechanical 3ft gauge locomotive, the last locomotive built by the Avonside Engine Company, built 1934, scrapped May 1954.

Avonside Engine Co worksplate

1934

Button, Corris Railway, white metal, Prince of Wales feathers, Dimensions: 1" dia.

Corris Railway button

Button, London & South Western Railway & London Brighton & South Coast Railway Joint, brass, "SW & SCR" in scroll script. Dimensions: 1" diam.

London South Western & London Brighton South Coast Railway button

Button, Wiltshire & Dorset Motors, chrome. W&D in block script, Dimensions: 1" dia.

wiltshire & dorset motors button

Model of Bristol Fighter aeroplane, scale 1:10

Bristol Fighter, 1916.

1916

Walschaerts radial valve motion (right hand side) from 0-4-4-0T double Fairlie locomotive 'Snake', No. 238 Class 'B', built by Avonside Engine Co., Bristol, 1874 for Otago Provincial Council, New Zealand, believed to be one of the first locomotives to be built in Great Britain with Walschaert's valve gear, after a boiler accident in c.1881 the valve gear and cylinders were incorporated into a steam crane.

Walschaert's valve gear from double Fairlie locomotive

1874

Locomotive Worksplate, Peckett & Sons, Bristol No. 1282, 1912, brass, oval, 0-6-0ST inside cylinder No. 15, Swansea Harbour Railway Trust, Great Western Railway No. 1085, renumbered 1146 in 1949, withdrawn January 1951.

Worksplate, Peckett & Sons

1912

Plate, ceramic, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon, made by Robert R Bray, Bristol; plain white with green garter on rim, 9 1/2" diameter.

Ceramic plate, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon

Locomotive Worksplate, "Avonside Engine Co. Limited, 1589, 1910 Bristol", 0-4-0 tank outside cylinder, AE Special Tank, new to Cadbury Brothers, Bournville, Birmingham, No.4, scrapped February 1954, black, brass, oval.

Locomotive worksplate

1910

Saucer, ceramic, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon, made by Robert R Bray, Bristol, Swindon; plain white with green garter on rim, 5 3/4" diameter.

Ceramic saucer, Great Western Railway - Mechanics' Institution, Swindon

Locomotive Worksplate, "The Avonside Engine Co Limited Rebuilt by - 1924 Bristol", red, brass, oval.

Locomotive worksplate

1924

Button, Bristol Tram & Car Co. Ltd., white metal. BTCCL in scroll script, Dimensions: 1" dia.

Bristol Tram & Car Co Ltd button

Folding single-sheet leaflet, ‘the samaritans’, showing telephone dial on cover with the number BRISTOL 298787, c. 1972

the samaritans

1972

Watch, verge movement

Watch, verge movement

1800

Dust cap, for 989 (5)

Dust cap

Revolving drum for eye-testing, Snellin-type chart with four faces each which has a different test type

Revolving eye-testing chart

Bristol ‘Centaurus’ sleeve-valve radial 18-cylinder aero engine, part-sectioned, by The Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, Bristol, Somerset, England, 1942-1950

Bristol 'Centaurus' sleeve-valve aero engine, c 1940s.

1942-1950

Lunch box, North Eastern Railway, `Light Luncheon', for passengers' use, white cardboard, painted blue willow pattern decoration, 1910-1923. Overall: 78 mm x 187 mm x 142 mm.

Cardboard lunch box, North Eastern Railway

1910-1923

Sectioned Pegasus Gas Turbine aero engine, Mark F402-RR-4028, Serial Number 8980, A.M. Number A670529

Sectioned Pegasus Gas Turbine aero engine

1959-1965

Resin casts of Wallace and Gromit in motorcycle sidecar combination, made from the original model by Aardman Animations Ltd in 1999. Original model featured in Aardman animated film 'A Close Shave', 1995.

Model motorcycle and sidecar used in animated film 'A Close Shave', 1995

1992-2002

Bristol LS bus, 1953. Chassis no. 97190, engine no. 92584, registration no. OTT 55, Southern National fleet no. 1701.

Bristol LS Bus

1953

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