Accession No

6721.1

Brief Description

wax model of a developmental stage of the amphioxus (lancelet, a fish-like chordate), number 1 in the series of 25, by Adolf Ziegler after Berthold Hatschek, German, 1882 (c)

Origin

Germany; Freiburg im Breisgau

Maker

Ziegler, Adolf

Accession No

3520

Brief Description

portrait of G.F. Brander, 2nd half 18th C.

Origin

Germany

Maker

Accession No

5358.11

Brief Description

Ottoman Turkish manuscript double page, C18th or C19th, with fake image added in late C20th of earth and planets. False date of 1693 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.

Origin

Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]

Maker

Accession No

0670

Brief Description

compass, surveying, by G. Gerlach, 1850 (c)

Origin

Poland; Warsaw

Maker

Gerlach, G.

Accession No

5358.9

Brief Description

Manuscript sheet in Ottoman and Arabic, C16th or C17th, with fake diagram of astrolabe and planets added in late C20th. False date of 1724 AD; image is a late C20th forgery.

Origin

Turkey; Istanbul [source of forgery - source of original manuscript sheet is likely to also be Turkey]

Maker

Accession No

3049

Brief Description

flank observation calculator, attributed to J. H. Steward, English, 1/2 20th Century

Origin

England; London [attributed]

Maker

J. H. Steward [attributed]

Accession No

6018

Brief Description

stencil and pen set, both in cases; made by Rotring; mid-twentieth century

Origin

Germany

Maker

Rotring

Accession No

4462

Brief Description

polarimeter, 19th Century

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1723

Brief Description

horizontal dial, silver Butterfield type, by Roch Blondeau, French, 1673

Origin

France; Paris

Maker

Blondeau, Roch

Accession No

6024

Brief Description

compass set, made by Minerva, mid-twentieth century

Origin

Maker

Minerva