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Inside the megaship: on board one of the world's biggest container ships
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Arctic shore dry compass azimuth circle
Artificial mercurial horizon wooden jar tout
Azimuth circle fragment
Balustrade
Bob, plumb
Bowl
Button
Chopstick
Compass
Creamer
Cup
Cup and Saucer
Dip circle light deflector
Display label
drafting t&e: pantograph
drafting t&e: sector
Drawer
Dry card compass
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
Fragments
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Balustrade
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Display label
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plaque
Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model; Fragments
Full hull modelPlaque
Half block model
Half block model; Plaque
Handle
Jug
Lid
Mining compass
Moon with movement mechanism and bracket
Pantograph
Pen, drawing
Photographic plate holder
Pig jaw bone
Planetarium
Planetarium attachement
Planetarium attachment
Plank-on-frame
Plaque
Plate
Pocket chronometer box number disc
Pork bone
Prisoner of war work, Full hull model
Razor
relic, animal: bone, pig jaw
Rigged model
Rigged modelPlaque
Saucer
Scenic model
Sector
Sugar bowl with lid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mining
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, surveying
Surveying compass
Teacup
teacup
Teacup saucer
teacup saucer
Teapot with lid
Tea service
Theodolite eyepiece
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (French)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: working)
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bone, mutton
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bone/ivory?
bone?
bone ?
bone china
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bone or ivory?
bone or ivory inlay?
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ceramic
cotton
fine English bone china, digital print transfers, gold lustre, green painted edging
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horn
ivory
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metal: brass
mica
organic: bone, pig
organic: bone ?
organic: ivory
organic: ivory ?
paint
paper
plastic?
Pork bone (British)
silk
Spode fine bone china. White & black & 22 carat gold & Celadon blue.
Spode fine bone china plate, 22 carat gold ribbon satin, card packing box white & black & gold (plate) & blue & white & gold (box)
steel
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Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
Display - QH
Display - ROG
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Berge, Matthew
Bishop, Jacqueline
Boothby, Frank
C. W. Hunt & Co
Cary
Froment
Harris, William
Holway, Harold
John Aynsley & Sons
Jones, Thomas
Negretti & Zambra
Spurling, Jack
Unknown
W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd
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City of Stoke-on-Trent
England
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London
Longton, Staffordshire
Paris
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Vanuatu
Events
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
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Amelia (1796)
Fox (1855)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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Gambier, Ed James
Hobson, William Robert
Kater, Henry
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Full hull model; Rigged model; Display label
Saucer
Cup
Pocket chronometer box number disc
Cup and Saucer
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plaque
Teacup saucer from 'The Keeper of All The Secrets' (teacup saucer)
Creamer from 'The Keeper of All The Secrets' (Creamer)
Teacup from 'The Keeper of All The Secrets' (Teacup)
Teacup from 'The Keeper of All The Secrets' (Teacup)
Button, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1748 (Button)
Amelia (circa 1796); Warship; 38 gun frigate (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Bare Needle Type (Mining compass)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
Pork rib bone (Pork bone)
Display label
Display label
Pantograph
Prismatic (Surveying compass)
Handle
Dip circle light deflector
Photographic plate holder
Photographic plate holder
Artificial mercurial horizon wooden jar tout
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