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Astronomical and navigational instruments
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armament t&e, ammunition: hook, sword belt spring(fragment)
armament t&e, firearm: rifle
Armillary Sphere
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic spy glass
belt, full dress sword
belt, sword spring-hook
Belt clasp part
Button
Chronometer
Clockwork globe
clothing, headwear: uniform: hat, cocked
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Captain's
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Commander's
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Surgeon's ?
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, frock
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, full dress
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, tail
clothing, outerwear: uniform: coat, undress
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Assistant Surgeon's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Captain's (possibly Commander)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Lieutenant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: full dress uniform, Purser's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket, round(tropical)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: tunic
clothing, outerwear: uniform: undress uniform, Vice-Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Midshipman's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: waistcoat, nankeen
clothing accessory: button
clothing accessory: uniform: belt, sword: belt, full dress sword
clothing accessory: uniform: full dress uniform, Flag Officer's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(1)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: epaulettes
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Lieutenant's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Warrant Officer's
Coat, full dress
Cocked hat
commemorative artifact: box, token
commemorative artifact: plate, handle
commemorative artifact: tie, curtain
Curtain tie
Dirk
documentary artifact: chart
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, clockwork
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial: globe, clockwork
Epaulette
Epaulettes
Frock coat
Full dress coat
Full dress sword belt
Glass celestial globe with planetarium
Glass celestial globe with tellurion
Glass celestial globe with tellurium
Globe clock
Globe clock parts
Handle plate
Hanger
hat, cocked
Nankeen waistcoat
Part of belt clasp
Pendant
personal symbol: coat of arms
Planetarium
Rifle
Round jacket
Scabbard
Spyglass telescope
Sword
Sword belt spring
Sword belt spring-hook
Sword belt spring hook
sword spring-hook belt
Table globe
Tachi
Tail coat
Tailcoat
Telescope
timekeeper: clock, globe
timekeeping t&e: case, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: watch
Token box
Tunic
Undress coat
Waistcoat
Watch
Watch; Pendant
Watch cap
Watch dust cover
Watch plate
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
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bamboo
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beaver felt
bloodstone
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bone
brass
brass (gilded)
bronze gilt
copper
copper alloy
copper plate engraved
copper wire
cord
cotton
cotton tape
damascened steel
diamond
ebony (probably)
enamel
enamelled copper plate
engraved
fish-skin
fish-skin (probably ray-skin)
fish-skin, copper wire
fish skin
fishskin
gilt
gilt brass
gilt copper
gilt copper alloy
gilt metal
gilt wire
gilt wood
glass
gold
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gold bullion
gold leaf
gold thread
gold wire
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horn
human hair
ink
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ivorine
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leather
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mirror
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paper
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after Spirinx
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Aspheris, Petrus
Boggett & Reynolds
Boggett, B.
Brant, J.
Cattin, Jean Baptiste
Charles Jennens & Co
Clancy
Clay, Charles
Courteney & Tennant
Cracknell, E. W.
Cross, John
Cushee, after Richard
Denton, John
Dockwray
E. & F. Horster
E. B. S. Solingen
Edward Thurkle & Sons
Fear, E.
Firmin & Sons Limited
G., R.
Garde, Jacques de la
George, W.
Gibbins
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Gillott & Hasell
Godemars Freres et Capt.
Goldneys
Gregson
Griffin & Adams
Grindlay & Co
Grindlay & Company
Hammond Turner & Dickinson
Hare, Alexander
Henry Wilkinson
Howard, William
Hunter and Boyd
I. B. & W. Wilson
III, Isaac Habrecht
J & C Linney
J.J. Runkel, J J
Jacques de la Garde
Janssonius, Johannes
John Adams & Son
Lewis, William
Leyden, Thomas
M. S. & Company
Maker), C. T. (Case
Maker), T. B. (Case
Manners, Robert
Marshall
Mary Bradley
Neuwaldt, Amos
New England Watch Company
Norton, R.
Osborn & Gunby
Outhier, Abbe Reginald
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Reeves
Richards (possibly), James
Robert Mole & Son
Schissler, Senior, Christoph
Seyler, Johann Tomas
Starkey, J
Story, Richard
T. Wells & Co.
Thomas Brown
Thomas Moss
Unknown
Widdowson & Veale
Wilkinson
William Anthony (Movement Maker)
Wilson, I B & W
Windmills, Thomas
Wiss & Menu
Wood, John
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Padua, Italy
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's First Overland Expedition, 1819-1822
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Bombardment of Algiers, 1816
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino, 1827
Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858
Loss of the Royal George, 1782
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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Royal George (1756)
Royal Naval uniform regulations 1812-25: Officers
Triumph (1764)
Vanguard (1787)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Airy, George Biddell
Ara Family
Attwell
Bates, Colonel Denis Haughton
Bates, Edward
Berry, Edward
Bevan, S.
Black, James
Blake, William Hans
Bolton, Henry
Bosanquet, Henry Theodore Augustus
Bowden, Courtenay
Brant, J.
Britannia
British Navy
Brummell, George Bryan
Burghard, Geoffrey Frederick
Byng, George
Calcutta Insurance Company
Campbell, George Richard Colin
Captain Robert Knox, Robert
Captain Walker
Chetham, Edward
Clay, Charles
Cochrane, Thomas
Codrington, Edward
Codrington, Geoffrey Ronald
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Columbus, Christopher
Comer, Horace
Courteney & Tennant
Crawford, William
Crozier, Francis Rawden Moira
Cunningham, William Keating
Customs House
Davison, Alexander
Deedes, Hugh Bouverie
Denton, John
Dockwray
Donaldson, Leonard Andrew Boyd
Donaldson, Vernon D'Arcy
Down, Dorothy
Down, Edward Augustus
Dufferin Family
Duncan, Adam
E. & F. Horster
E. B. S. Solingen
Fear, E.
Francis Thurkle, Francis Thurkle
Franklin, John
French, Terence Wilder Gay
Fujita, Ruitaro
General Navy Staff
George, W.
Gibbins
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Governors of Christ's Hospital
Greek Royal Family
Greenwich Hospital
Grenadiers and Light Infantry
Griffin & Adams
Hamilton, Emma
Hamilton, W. J.
Hanson
Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson
Hardy, Pamela
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Hepburn, John
Hobson, William Robert
Hogg, S. W.
Honourable East India Company
Hood, Reverend D.
Hood, Robert
Hope, George Johnstone
Hornby, Geoffrey Thomas Phipps
Hornby, Phipps
Hornby, Robert Stewart Phipps
Hyde, Frederick William
III, Sultan Selim
Imperial German Navy
Imperial Government
Indian Navy
Ismay, Thomas Henry
Janssonius, Johannes
Jasper, William
John Lord
Keeler, Alexander
King, Patricia Daphne
King Constantine II of Greece
Kriegsmarine
Laithwait, John
Land Transport Corps
Laugharne, Thomas Lamb Polden
Leah, Samuel Henry
Legionary, Roman
Leyden, Thomas
Mackay & Chisholm
Maire, Jacob Le
Maker), C. T. (Case
Maker), T. B. (Case
Mann, J. de L.
Mann, James Saumarez
Marshall
Mary Bradley
McClintock, Francis Leopold
McClintock, H. F.
Millar, James
Moysey, Nicholas
Nairne, Alexander
National Maritime Museum
Nelson, Catherine
Nelson, Edmund
Nelson, Horatia
Nelson, Horatio
Nisbett, Andrew
Officer, Army Infantry
Order of Saint Anne
Ordnance Committee
Osborn & Gunby
Outfitter, Walton
Palmer, Richard
Pasco, John
Peel, William
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Prince of Wales
Pritchard, Edward Fitzgerald
Queen Victoria
Reid, James
Rendell, John
Robert Mole & Son
Robertson, James
Robertson-Walker, James
Royal Danish Navy
Royal Hellenic Navy
Royal Hellenic Navy Cadet
Royal Marines
Royal Marines Light Infantry
Royal United Service Institution
Seyler, Johann Tomas
Shuckberg, Originally Owain Knightly
Smith, Matthew
Spinney, J. David
Spurge
Starkey, J
Stopford, Robert Neville
Stowe, Benjamin
Suckling, Maurice
T. Wells & Co.
Thomas Brown
Thomas Moss
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
Turner, M. J.
Tydeman, W. W.
VII, King Edward
Wilkinson
William Anthony (Movement Maker)
Windmills, Joseph
Wood, Ebenezer
Yeoman, B
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No.52 (Watch)
No.919 (Watch)
No 12337 (Watch)
Watch
No.8355 (Watch)
Sword
No.3552 (Watch)
Sword
Sword
Sword
Sword
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Dirk
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843 (Epaulette)
Honourable East India Company uniform: pattern 1828 (Epaulette)
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1812 (Belt clasp part)
Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1787-1895 (Button)
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