Image
Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Olive-ended cylindrical urethral sound

1851-1930

Invitation to a ball on HMS Galatea, 1870

1870

Datoon toothbrush made from twig

1880-1920

Datoon toothbrush made from the rim

1880-1920

Datoon toothbrush made from twig

1880-1920

Toothbrush

1850-1930

Toothbrush

1850-1930

Toothbrush

1850-1930

Datoon toothbrushes

1880-1920

The Cathedral and Bishop's Palace, Calcutta

ca. 1865

Victoria Institution, Calcutta

1944

British soldier drinking tea

1944

British soldier drinking tea

1944

Daughter of Bishnu Dey

1944

Mathematical Instrument Office, Calcutta

1944

"Communal Riots in Calcutta"

1946

Glass bottle of ipecac and morphine lozenges

1891=1920

Curette, uterine, steel

1871-1900

Pap boat

1800-1810

Pap boat

1807-1809

Homeopathic medicine 'Nat Phos 6x', Calcutta, India, 1975-1980

1975-1980

Model of steam boiler for the vessels of The Indian Rivers Steam Navigation

1877

Statue of Dhanvantari, India, 2005

2005

Datoon toothbrush made from karanya tree

1880-1920

Daughter of Bishnu Dey

1944

Indian surveyor

1944

Weaver, China

1944

Street scene, Calcutta

circa 1944

Julia Margaret Cameron and her daughter

1845-02-10

Calcutta by Air

1946

Photograph of women arrested during the Independence Day disturbances in Calcutta

1931

Photograph of a police man breaking up a mob in Calcutta

6" length of 3/8" iron bitumen insulated telegraph cable, Calcutta 1855

6" length of 3/8" iron bitumen insulated telegraph cable

1855

Clear glass specimen jar, paper lid, containing strophanthus wallichii, follicles, said to be 14, from Calcutta, English jar, 1880-1920

Clear glass specimen jar

1880-1920

20 datoon toothbrushes, cut from streblus asper, bought in Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, India, 1880-1920

Datoon toothbrushes

1880-1920

230x190mm glass framed picture. Edged in gold leaf paper. Rectangular white card mat and with rounded corners edged with gold. Two hanging rings in back. 140x105mm daguerreotype picture of an Eastern House. Inscription on back 'No3 Park St'.

Daguerreotype In Glass Hanging Frame

1840–1868

Small glass bottle with chamois covering full of Lead and Opium pills. 45 mm x 20 mm diameter, 13 g. Label reads, 'R. Scott Thompson and Co./ Medical Hall Calcutta/ LEAD AND OPIUM PILLS/ Use.- In mild cases of diarrhoea and dysentery./ Dose.- One every 3 hours, til purging abates.' Dispensed by R. Scott Thompson and Co., Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Small bottle of Lead and Opium pills

1831-1900

Button, East Indian Railway, white metal. Depicting crest. Dimensions: 3/4" dia.

East Indian Railway button

Rectangular glass frame bound with black tape. 140x105mm daguerreotype picture of scene in India, inscription on back 'South New Government House' (old catalogue mentions Calcutta).

Daguerreotype In Glass Hanging Frame

Photograph, entitled 'Chaura Maidan, Calcutta', by Samuel Bourne. Part fo Ricketts Collection.

Chaura Maidan, Calcutta

Photograph, entitled 'Calcutta - The Bengal Club', by Samuel Bourne. Part of Ricketts Colleciton.

Calcutta - The Bengal Club

Photograph entitled 'Government House, Calcutta', by Samuel Bourne, taken in 1871. Part of Ricketts Collection.

Government House, Calcutta

1871

Round glass bottle with croken cork stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces of contents remaining. 95 mm x 25 mm diameter, 30g. Dispensed by Smith, Stanistreet and Co, Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

1831-1900

Bundle of 20 datoon toothbrushes, cut from the karanja tree, pongamia glabra, bought in the Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, India, 1880-1920

Bundle of datoon toothbrushes

1880-1920

Three datoons made from twigs, from Calcutta bazaar, Calcutta, Indian, 1880-1920

Three datoons made from twigs

1880-1920