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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

Saw (tenon) used by Samuel Crompton. 12 t.p.i. bl

Hand and Machine Tools

1750-1770

12"tenon saw by Spear & Jackson

Hand and Machine Tools

1926

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

Hand and Machine Tools

South-East View of Sheffield

Art

1855

Micro 2000 electronic digital metric micrometer by Moore and Wright

Industrial Metrology

c. 1980
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

Knife and fork from Kent County Lunatic Asylum, st

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1900-1950
Coffee pot, silver plated, by Rockingham & Co Ltd, Southern Railway, marked SR on side, base stamped P&Co Ltd, Sheffield, EPNS, A1, A15.

Silver plated coffee pot, Southern Railway

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948

Veterinary fleam, three blades, horn and brass bod

Veterinary Medicine

1790-1830

Sample of the dampening device developed for the micro 2000 micrometer

Industrial Metrology

c. 1979

Surveying chain, made by J. G.

Coal Mining

c. 1900

Veterinary fleam, three bladed, horn and brass handle

Veterinary Medicine

1820-1835
Workshop micrometer for the blind (no. 412/62), by Moore and Wright, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, 1950-1952. The Workshop micrometer for the blind (no. 412/62) is a standard micrometer, modified by the addition of an aluminium drum of geared serrated discs with braille characters: developed in 1951, in conjunction with the National Institute for the Blind.

Workshop micrometer for the blind (no. 412/62)

Industrial Metrology

1950-1952

Bunion press, for stretching shoes to relieve the pain cause

Chiropody

1875-1930

Cut throat razor in original carton

Public Health & Hygiene

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

Hand and Machine Tools

1870-1884
Table fork, silver plate, LNER block, by Walker & Hall (BTH 21E)

Silver plated table fork, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Shell auger, tanged, with handle, 1 1/2" made by I

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown
Dessert spoon, silver plated, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Cars, made by Mappin & Webb, Sheffield; plain, "LMS CARS" block motif on handle. Overall: 24 mm x 181 mm x 39 mm.

Silver plated dessert spoon, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Cars

Passenger Comforts

1923-1948

Hardened steel square 8" long, pattern no. 1970

Industrial Metrology

Anderson obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-1930

Veterinary fleam, three blades, horn and brass bod

Veterinary Medicine

1790-1840

Forging Files

Edward F Skinner

1918

C.H. Chadburn

.Unattributed

1855

4 lancets by S. Westhouse of Sheffield in tortoise

Therapeutics

1701-1900

Microtome knife

Scientific Instruments & Research

1935-1945

One 1/8" fluter chisel, size 1/8"by Ward

Hand and Machine Tools

1885-1914
Tea pot, 4 pint, silver plated, "Embassy" by Gladwin Ltd, Sheffield, London Midland & Scottish Railway, plain, "LMS CARS" motif on side

Silver plated teapot, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Cars

Passenger Comforts
Dessert spoon, silver plated, by Butler, Sheffield, Midland Railway, marked 'Midland Cars'. Overall: 19 mm x 184 mm x 41 mm, 0.06kg.

Silver plated dessert spoon, Midland Railway - Midland Cars

Passenger Comforts
Coffee pot, silver plate, British Transport Commission Catering Services, four pint, marked on one side 'BTC CS', by Mappin & Webb, Prince's Plate, London & Sheffield, C29/117, 1956.

Silver plated coffee pot

Passenger Comforts

1956
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

Surgical instrument set

Surgery
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
Flat dish, silver plated, by Mappin & Webb, London Midland & Scottish Railway, LMS Hotels block, oval 12"(BTH 292M).

Silver plated flat dish, London Midland & Scottish Railway - Hotels

Passenger Comforts
Finger bowl, silver plated, London & North Eastern Railway, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; LNER script.

Silver plated finger bowl, London & North Eastern Railway

Passenger Comforts

Axis traction obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1880-1920

Machine divided steel rule 12" long pattern, no. 4

Industrial Metrology

c. 1918

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

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1825-1850

Wheelwright's firmer chisel with shortened tang, o

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

Three-quarter inch carving chisel

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown

Wheelwright's shell auger, tanged, with handle, 5/

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown
Entree dish, silver plated, London & North Eastern Railway - Restaurant Cars, Kings Cross, made by Walker & Hall, Sheffield; oval, 12", LNER RC KX garter.

Silver plated entree dish, London & North Eastern Railway - Restaurant Cars, Kings Cross

Passenger Comforts

Braille Micrometer

Weighing & Measuring

1955-1965

Post mortem set comprising 3 scalpels, 2 pairs of

Anatomy & Pathology

1825-1859
Locomotive worksplate, "Designed & Built by Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Manchester & Sheffield, England 1950", cast steel, oval, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford.

Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers

Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components

1950

"Eclipse" magnetic holdfast (type) no.941

Electricity and Magnetism

1950-1975

Microtome knife

Scientific Instruments & Research

1910-1920

Wheelwright's mortice chisel, curved end, 9/16" (n

Hand and Machine Tools

Unknown