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Edmund Culpeper

1720

Cylinder electrical machine, 1810-1817

1810-1817

Folding Prismatic Compass, 1846-52

1846-1852

Trade card: Alfred Apps

1840-1890

Folding pocket stereoscope with stereoscopic coloured Daguerreotype

Confidential Letter from Sir Gilmour Jenkins to Albert George Powell Marsh

1956-04-27

Letter from Private Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Aviation, to Albert George Powell Marsh

1956-04-28

John Webb

1760-1846

Thomas Tuttell

1695-1702

Pair of round lens spectacles with wire arms

1860-1910

Pair of tortoiseshell spectacles with blue lenses

1838-1870

Pair of metal spectacles with blue tinted lenses

1838-1870

Gold coloured eye glasses with handle

1838-1860

Pince-nez nose spectacles with round lenses

1860-1910

Pair of plastic tortoiseshell spectacles

1900-1930

Pair of oval lens rimless spectacles with wire arms

1860-1910

Rimless pince-nez nose spectacles

1860-1910

Opera glass telescope

1838-1862

Bancks

1800

Hand-crank model, of William H. Mallory's combined propelling and steering screw

1878-1879

Portable transit theodolite, British, with case and accessories

1823-1841

Institution of Locomotive Engineers gold medal awarded to G Collingwood

1964-1965

Invitation from Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation

1956-08-16

Letter from Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation to Albert George Powell Marsh concerning his British Empire Medal

1956-10-15

Jonathan Sisson

1735

Pair of plastic tortoiseshell, round lens spectacles frames

1900-1930

Folding lorgnette in Tortoiseshell and gold

1838-1870

Pair of steel wire framed protective goggles

1838-1850

Pair of split-lens treatment spectacles

1900-1920

Rimless pince-nez nose spectacles

1860-1910

Pair of silver framed protective spectacles

1855-1856

Pair of bifocal spectacles with steel frames

1870-1910

Pince-nez nose spectacles with chain

1880-1910

Pince-nez nose spectacles with loop

1900-1930

Oval quizzing glass hand magnifer with carrying loop

1838-1860

Detachable clip-on blue sunglass lenses

1860-1910

Compass in fob-watch case, English,1784-1809.

1784-1809

Topometer, combined box sextant & range-finder, British, 1905-1920

1905-1920
A black and white pigment print photograph, entitled 'Carnaby Street, London' by Tony Ray-Jones, taken c. 1967. This was selected from the original contact sheet by Martin Parr, and printed from the original negative in 2013.

Carnaby Street, London

(circa 1967); 2013
Vintage silver gelatin print entitled 'Brook Street, London, W1' by Tony Ray-Jones, 1968. This was reproduced as plate 90 in Ray-Jones' posthumous book 'A Day Off - An English Journal' published in 1974.

Brook Street, London, W1

1968
Pocket box sextant in leather case, made by Elliott Brothers, City of Westminster, London, England, 1853-1860. Consists of two circular lacquered brass plates (76mm) with lid that acts as a handle when used. Fitted with Inlaid silver scales, the index arm is rotated by a milled knob on the upper plate with two filter shades (red & green) operated by lever. The index glass is fixed with adjustment for the horizon glass. Marked ‘Lt. E.J. Bori, Royal Engineers’.

Box type pocket sextant.

1853-1860
Miner's surveying compass (mining dial) by Henry Barrow & Co.., 2 Oxenden St., London, England, 1845-1855

Miner's surveying compass, 1845-1855

1845-1855
Examples of photosculpture made on the Cameograph - 4 plaster plaques; 1 metal plaque; 1 plaster bust on plinth of Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and plaster bust

Examples of photosculpture made on the Cameograph

1924-1931
Artificial glass horizon in fitted rectangular mahogany case, made by Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, City of Westminster, London, England, 1885-1895. Consisting of a circular brass base with three levelling feet, covered by a black glass mirror and two spirit levels.

Artificial black glass horizon.

1885-1895
Regnault hygrometer with aspirator, by Elliott Bros., St Martin's Lane, London 1893.

Regnault hygrometer and aspirator, 1893

1893
Opera glass telescope, 'Galilean' type, gilded brass, 2-draw tube with ivory body and red leather covered wooden case with silk lining, by George Dollond, London, 1820-1840.

Opera glass telescope with gilded brass tube and leather case

1820-1840
Spyglass telescope (prospect glass), non-achromatic, shagreen single draw-tube, leather body with brass fitting and cylindrical fishskin covered wooden case, by J. Dollond & Son, England, 1752-1761.

Spyglass telescope with fishskin case.

1752-1761
Daily Herald photograph titled 'Scenes at Two Eyes Coffee Bar in Compton Street'.

Scenes at Two Eyes Coffee Bar in Compton Street

1958
Objects and accessories to the Cameograph received later than the Cameograph. 1 cutter; an early example of work of the rotary machine; 1 relief bust of Katherine Lambourne in plaster made on the Museum machine; 8 photographs and 1 Cameograph negative

Objects and accessories to the Cameograph

1924-1931
Pocket box sextant with leather carrying case (damaged), made by Elliott Brothers, 30 Strand, City of Westminster, London, England. 1855-1865. Consists of two circular lacquered brass plates with lid that acts as a handle when used. Fitted with Inlaid silver scale (-5° to 165°) with 30' divisions and a silver vernier (1' div.). The index arm is rotated by a milled knob on the upper plate with two filter shades (red & green) operated by lever. The index glass is fixed with adjustment for the horizon glass. Fitted with magnifier (single lens) on hinged 40 mm swivel arm and choice of a large and a small pinhole. Marked 'Walter I. Tatham' on lid (possibly owner).

Box type pocket sextant with case.

1855-1865