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Diesel-hydraulic locomotive, Class 02 0-4-0 No D2860

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1960

Pocket surgical instrument set

Surgery

1901-1950

A back saw or sash saw, folded brass backed, made by Sorby o

Hand and Machine Tools

12"tenon saw by Spear & Jackson

Hand and Machine Tools

1926

South-East View of Sheffield

Art

1855

Micro 2000 electronic digital metric micrometer by Moore and Wright

Industrial Metrology

c. 1980

4" - 8" micrometer

Industrial Metrology

c. 1960
Tenon saw with a flat metal blade, made by Loxley, around 1830-1860. "Loxley" was a brand name for a range of lesser quality saws made by Sanderson Brothers & Newbould, one of the biggest Sheffield saw firms. Made around 1890-1920.

Tenon saw

Hand and Machine Tools

1890-1920

Two bladed fleam, steel blades in brass case, by B

Veterinary Medicine

1801-1850

Skinning knife, steel, by George Barnsley, Sheffie

Veterinary Medicine

1801-1850
Teapot, silver plate, Pullman Car Company Ltd, 1/2 pint, marked on side ''Pullman', block logo, by Larder & Burgess, hinged lid, hard soldered, Sheffield, EPNS, 'A.B.Co' defaced on base.

Silver plated teapot, Pullman Car Company

Passenger Comforts

Knife and fork from Kent County Lunatic Asylum, st

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1900-1950

Making Bessemer Steel

Edward F Skinner

1917

3-bladed fleam, steel, in horn case, inscribed 'J.

Veterinary Medicine

1791-1860

Turbine blade pyrometer with sapphire lens, infra-

Heat

1900-1982

Axis traction obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1880-1920

Drum microscope in case, by J.P. Cutts & Sons, She

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1825-1850

Wheelwright's taper auger with nose, tanged, with

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

Pressure gauge

Motive Power

1837-1862

Collection of 56 surgical instrument components

Surgery

1940-1970

"Eclipse" magnetic holdfast (type) no.941

Electricity and Magnetism

1950-1975

Cut throat razor in original carton

Public Health & Hygiene
Maker's plate from buffer stops. "Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield". Cast iron, rectangular, c.1945. Dimensions 12 1/2"x8"

Supplied by thos W. Ward Ltd. Albion Works Sheffield

Railway Infrastructure

1940-1950

Veterinary fleam, three blades, horn and brass body

Veterinary Medicine

1825-1833

Silver plated coffee pot, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1932

Accusound contact microphone

Television

Machine divided jointed steel rule 12" long, numbe

Industrial Metrology

Spring caliper, an early method of measuring diameters

Industrial Metrology

N. K.

Shell auger, tanged, with handle, 1 1/4", made by

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

Block maker's draw knife

Hand and Machine Tools

1917
Tea pot 1/2 pint, silver plate, LNER script, by Walker & Hall (BTH 259E)

Silver plated teapot, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts
Pan, silver plated, North British Railway, two handles, cable decoration around rim, marked "North British Railway Company" garter, by Joseph Rodgers, Sheffield.

Silver plated pan, North British Railway

Passenger Comforts

Coachbuilder's side axe

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown
Sugar bowl, silver plate, Pullman monogram, by Joseph Westby (BTH 37P)

Silver plated sugar bowl, Pullman Car Company

Passenger Comforts
Teapot, silver plated, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield, Great Northern Railway, ornate floral design with GNR monogram in centre.

Silver plated teapot, Great Northern Railway

Passenger Comforts
Serving Dish, oval, silver plate, Southern Railway, by Walker & Hall, top rim stamped Southern Rly & ensign, base stamped W&H, D, Walker & Hall, Sheffield, A1, warranted hard & silver soldered, 34.

Silver plated serving dish, Southern Railway

Passenger Comforts
Scissors, used for the opening of Plymouth Station by Dr. Richard Beeching, 26th March 1962, by T. Hardy & Sons Sheffield, boxed by R.B. Wigfull & Son, Jewellers, Plymouth.

Presentation scissors, Plymouth Station

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1962

Amputation set, cased, by W. and H. Hutchinson, En

Surgery

1801-1900

Suture needle, steel and ebony, by J. Gray and Son

Surgery

1851-1900

Syme abscess knife, with bistoury, steel, folding,

Surgery

1801-1900

Straight surgical scissors

Surgery

1890-1920
Silver plated tea strainer with two handles, British Rail. Made by British Silverware Limited, Sheffield. Overall: 25 mm x 123 mm x 59 mm.

Silver plated tea strainer, British Rail

Passenger Comforts
Teapot, silver plated, Great Northern Railway, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; curved sides and hinged flat lid, decorative bands round and "GNR" interlocked monogram within decorative roundel. Overall: 152 mm x 247 mm x 140 mm.

Silver plated teapot, Great Northern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Scissors, curved on flat and pointed blade by W. M

Surgery

1901-1930

2 lancets, steel and tortoiseshell, by Cluley of S

Surgery

1813-1837

Trying plane 22", iron 2 1/2"wide, as used by a wh

Hand and Machine Tools

1870-1884

Tonsil scissors, Erichsen, steel, by Medical Suppl

Surgery

1871-1900

Saddler's round knife (early Dixon Style) with 4

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown
Grape scissors, silver plated, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars, made by Lee & Wigfull, Sheffield; plain, GNR DC in script lettering on one handle. Overall: 27 mm x 165 mm x 50 mm.

Silver plated grape scissors, Great Northern Railway - Dining Cars

Passenger Comforts

Parting chisel ('V'shaped cross section) by J. B.

Hand and Machine Tools

before 1870