Spatula part of dry smear test, part of a kit branded CerviKit by Cellpath. Similar kits for conventional (dry) smear tests were used in hospitals until 2003 Spatula used for dry smear test 1960-2003
Stereoscopic viewing cabinet, pedestal model, in walnut, c 1880. Stereoscopic Viewing Cabinet, Pedestal Model, c 1880 1875-1885
Mantel clock with 8-day mechanical movement, aluminium dial and walnut and sycamore wooden casing. Made by Metamec, East Dereham, Norfolk, 1950-1960. Mantel clock by Metamec 1950-1960
Cabinet approx 253x510x280mm; walnut veneer with inlaid corners; rack focused eyepieces (hoods chipped); Fluted glass knobs for turning belt of stereograph holders (tape broken); Hinged lids, one with mirror; ground glass (cracked). Cabinet stereoscope
Linos plate camera, made by Romain Talbot, Berlin. Folding wooden plate camera for 9 x 12 cm plates. RR lens F:6", f8.4-64; one blade shutter settings marked 1-9 and Z cocked by key. Sliding rising front ; swing front, sliding focussing. (M4635) Linos Plate camera circa 1898
Adze, North Eastern Railway. Found at South Pelaw Sidings signalbox. Adze, North Eastern Railway. Found at South Pelaw Sidings signalbox.
Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates. No makers name (but probably French or German). Folding plate camera in walnut with nickel fittings. No lens or panel. Sliding rising and cross front. Front fixed, back adjustable in three positions with peg and keyslot fittings. Rack and pinion focussing, double extension bellows. Hinged baseplate locked by sliding element. With one bookform wooden double darkslide. Stand camera for 13 x 18cm plates 1900
The Patent Revolving Album 9. Walnut carte-de-visite automatic viewer holding 26 cartes-de-visite in 13 holders, on walnut cradle with carved legs. Key in bottom. The Patent Revolving Album 9. Walnut carte-de-visite automatic viewer holding 26 cartes-de-visite in 13 holders 1875-1885
Newtonian reflecting telescope, made to specifications of Leon Foucault (originally fitted with silver-on-glass mirror) by Secretan, mounted on wooden table stand, Paris, 1857-1868. Accessories include three eye-pieces in fitted leather lined wooden case. Newtonian Reflecting Telescope, by Secretan, 1857-1868 1857-1868
Early bell telephone and terminal panel, 1877/8, used at Osborne Cottage, 14th January 1878 Early Bell telephone and terminal panel, 1877/8 1877-1878
Portrait of William Hancock by Charles Hancock, oil on canvas . William Hancock is depicted seated half length. He wears a black coat and his left arm rests on a raised object, possibly the back of a chair. The background is a gradient of black to brown. The painting is in a rectangular frame of walnut wood with a gilt beading inner. A plaque beneath the painting reads ‘WILLIAM HANCOCK. BORN JULY 1788’. Portrait of William Hancock by Charles Hancock circa 1819-1877