Accession No

6917

Brief Description

satirical print, The March of Intellect, by William Heath, English, 23 January 1828

Origin

England; London; James's Street

Maker

Heath, William [artist] Humphrey, George [publisher]

Accession No

0452

Brief Description

spectacle case, 1850 (c)

Origin

Maker

Accession No

5244.8

Brief Description

glass bottle, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

0557

Brief Description

surveying compass, by Dudley Adams, English, 1798

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adams, Dudley

Accession No

5358.10

Brief Description

manuscript letter dated 1866 AD, with fake diagram added in the late 20th Century showing astrolabe and planets and nonsense Arabic script, Ottoman Turkish, false date of 1712 AD but image is a late 20th-century forgery

Origin

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

Maker

Accession No

1887

Brief Description

mercury barometer and thermometer, by Angelo Lovi, Scottish, 1805 (c)

Origin

Scotland; Edinburgh

Maker

Lovi, Angelo

Accession No

2555

Brief Description

Adie's improved level, No. 40, for Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, by Patrick Adie, English, c. 1845, pre-1847

Origin

England; London

Maker

Adie, Patrick

Accession No

5244.34

Brief Description

test tube, from the Howard Glassware Collection, believed to have been used to distill perfume oil, 1950s

Origin

Maker

Accession No

1658

Brief Description

Suanpan abacus, Japanese

Origin

Japan

Maker

Accession No

5900

Brief Description

20 stereoscopic slides, by various publishers and makers, U.S.A., circa 1900

Origin

U.S.A.

Maker

Griffith and Griffith Rau, William H. The Universal Photo Art Company Graves, C.H. Zahner, M. H. Underwood and Underwood