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armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, blowpipe
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, artillery: carronade ?
armament t&e, artillery: howitzer ?
armament t&e, artillery: lantaka
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astronomical t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(watch in OG)
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container: chest, tea
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decoration, British: Gallantry Award: Victoria Cross
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documentary artifact: coin
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
elescope
exchange medium: coin
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food processing t&e: caddy, tea
food service t&e: teapot
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Gallantry award
geological specimen: tooth, mammoth's
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Lloyd's Patriotic Fund Cup
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medal, British: campaign medal, 1811
medal, British: campaign medal: China War, First
medal, British: campaign medal: China War, First, 1842
medal, British: campaign medal: Honourable East India Compnay's Egypt Medal
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny 1857-58
medal, British: campaign medal: Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58
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personal symbol: chelengk
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coronet, ducal
personal symbol: coronet, earl's
personal symbol: coronet, viscount's
personal symbol: crest, San Josef
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Strainer
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, astrological(geomancer's)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, asiatic: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, geomancer's
Sword
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timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Persian)
timekeeping t&e: dial(compass)
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Votive, Full hull model
War medal
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, flower (Chinese)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, rice (Burmese Laung-Zat)
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, surf (Masula)
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, opium
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman (Dutch)
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, trading
water transport: fighting vessel: 4 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: boat, war (Chinese)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (RIM)
water transport: local craft (China)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, votive: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: native craft: boat, snake (China)
water transport: sailing vessel: batil (Kuwait)
water transport: sailing vessel: boat (Japan)
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper, barque rigged
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
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al-Jilani, Yusuf ibn Hajji
al-Yazdi, Muhammad Mahdi
al-Yazdi, Muhammad Muqim
Angxiao, He
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Archer, William Henry
Backhuysen, Ludolf
Boehm, Joseph Edgar
British School, 19th century
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Chamberlains & Co.
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Collard & Collard
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Dixon, William
Dorman, J.
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Emes, John
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He Angxiao
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Ji, Zhou Hua
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Sailmaker, Isaac
Serres, Dominic
Solvyns, Franz Balthazar
Stapele, Martinus van
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Wang Yangxi
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Bourbon, 1810
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Mauritius, 1810
Napoleonic Wars: Capture of the Isle of Rodrigues, 1809
Second Opium War, 1857-1860
Seven Years' War: Capture of Geriah, 1756
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Ceres (1797)
Charlotte of Chittagong
Clive 1824
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Glatton (1795)
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Red Rover 1829
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Victoria and Albert (1855)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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Chien Loung, Emperor
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Edward Hawke Locker
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Commodore Sir William James, 1722-83 (Painting)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
A Dutch settlement in India viewed from the land (Painting)
Two views of an East Indiaman of the time of King William III (Painting)
The Wreck of the 'Amsterdam' (Painting)
Geomantic compass
Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618 (Painting)
Sword
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-58 (War medal)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India (1819-1901) (Bust)
East Indiamen in the China Seas (Painting)
Honourable East India Company's Egypt Medal (War medal)
A Merchant Naval Captain, circa 1830 (Painting)
The attendant bearer for the figurehead from the 46-gun Fifrth Rate frigate HMS Seringapatam (1819) (Figurehead)
Sword (Sword)
Scabbard
Lid
Astronomical chronometer (Astronomical chronometer)
Victoria Cross (Gallantry award)
Achromatic telescope. Watch no. 4647. (Presentation telescope)
Dish
Strainer
Cup
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