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Type
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Type
advertising medium: symbol, trade
aerospace transport: aircraft (German)
aerospace transport: airship (German)
armament t&e, ammunition: bomb, flying
Astronomical regulator
Azimuth compass
backboard
Bail Weight
Bail Weight - gyrocompass
Binnacle
board, stern
Boat's compass
Boat's compass card
Boat's liquid compass
Boat's Liquid Compass
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle
Carving
cathead
clock, longcase
Clock parts
clothing outerwear: naval uniform: lieutenant
Compass
Compass Bowl
compass bowl
Compass deflector
Compass expansion chamber
Compass expansion chamber - aircraft compass
Deck game
Design, Half block model
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
Dry card compass
Figurehead
furniture, ship's: washstand(double)
game: game, deck
Guillotine blade
Lead bars
Liquid boat compass
Liquid boat compass and binnacle
Liquid compass
Liquid Compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass - aircraft; compass bowl
Liquid compass and binnacle
Liquid compass and binnacle top
Liquid compass card
Longcase clock
Mariner's compass
Marine timekeeper
Medal
model, oars
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: standard
Photo-electric transmitting compass
Photo-electric transmitting compass and binnacle
Polaris - Sun Compass
Royal Barge
Rudder head
Ship's wheel decoration
Stained glass window
Stern Fragments
Structural model
Structural model; Lead bars
Submarine liquid compass and binnacle
Sun compass
Sun compass - aircraft
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, boat's(liquid)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(distant reading)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid(universal compensation device)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, magnetic: compass, photo-electric transmitting
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's(in binnacle)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid(small craft)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid boat
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's range finder: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, small craft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, steering: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, sun(micklethwaite distant reading)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass deflector
surveying & navigational t&e: expansion chamber, compass(aircraft compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: polaris(sun compass)
Table globe
Tea caddy box
Tea caddy box lid
Trade sign
Trade symbol
Washstand
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: three-decker (Spanish)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(half)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: skiff, rowing
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht, royal
water transport accessory: backboard
water transport accessory: cathead
water transport accessory: figurehead(bust)
water transport accessory: figurehead(full length)
water transport accessory: figurehead(half length)
water transport accessory: figurehead(head)
water transport accessory: rudder head ?
Materials
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(possibly: lead paint)
alloy
aluminium
aluminium?
aluminium alloy
brass
Brass, lead, steel, bell metal, oak, lignum vitae, paper
brass, steel, lead, wood
card
card?
Celluloid
ceramic
coating: lacquer
coating: paint
coloured glass
copper
copper-lead based
copper?
copper alloy?
copper plate engraved
electrical wire
electric wires
enamel
fabric
felt
ferrous metal
glass
hand-coloured
ink
inorganic: mica confirmed (+brass, paper, cork, lead solder).
iron
ivory
ivory?
lead
lead (?)
lead (probably)
lead (weight)
lead?
lead paint
lead paint (?)
lead presumed
lead soft solder?
lead solder
lead solder?
lead strips
leather
leather?
liquid
liquid evaporated
magnet
magnet?
magnets
mahogany
mahogany, brass, steel, copper, silver, lead, glass, ruby/sapphire and diamond
metal
metal: copper
metal confirmed (+brass, glass, mica?, liquid, lead?)
mica
mica?
organic: wood: mahogany
organic: wood: pine
paint & stains
paint and stains
paints & stains
paper
papier mache
pine
plaster
plastic
silver
silvered brass
steel
steel (blade)
steel?
varnish
wax
white metal
white metal?
wick
wood
wood (pine)
Display Location
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Display Location
Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - Baltic Glass Gallery
Display - Maritime London Gallery
Display - Ocean Court
Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Display - Traders Gallery
Not on display
Creator
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Creator
Creator
Avery, John
Bamberg, Carl
Captain Chetwynd
Crow, Francis
Dent & Co
Dobbie McInnes Ltd
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Edward John Dent & Co.
Ellicot, John
Ellicott & Co
F. Wiggins & Sons
Forsyth, John Dudley
Goater, Robert
Gould, Rupert Thomas
Gowland, George
Grayfoot & Overton
H. & F. Muller
Hellyer & Son
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Howells & Pennington
J. D. Lang & Co
J. G. West & Co
Johnson Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
L. Doignon & Malakoff
Moore, Frank
Observator
Patin
Peichl, Lieutanant Joseph Von
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Plath, C.
Preston, Grant
Salzer, Leonard
Senex, John
Steger, Jr
Thompson, James
Unknown
Wenckebach, E
Wenkebach, E
White, James
Whyte Thomson Ltd
Wyon, Peter
Places
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Places
Places
Amsterdam
Berlin
Bombay
Boston
England
Faversham, Kent, England
Germany
Glasgow
Hamburg
Italy
Kiel
Liverpool
London
Netherlands ?
Paris
Plymouth Dockyard
Portsmouth Dockyard
Rotherhithe
Rotterdam
Russia
Southampton
Trieste
Unknown
Events
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Events
Events
Greenwich Annual Regatta
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Royal Victoria & Albert Docks Regatta
World War I, 1914-1918
Vessels
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Vessels
Vessels
Adventure (1855)
Bristol (1861)
Bulldog (1845)
Daring (1844)
Duguay Trouin (1800)
H.M.S. Polyphemus
Horatio (1807)
Implacable 1805 (HMS)
Jennie fl.1888
Repulse (1916)
Rose 1783 (HMS)
Royal George 1817 (HMY)
Seringapatam (1819)
Shika (1929)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
Exhibition
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Exhibition
Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
People
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People
People
Avery, John
Backler, Henry
Baltic Exchange, London
Captain Chetwynd
City of London
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Dampier, William
Davies, John
Drayson, Alfred
Dunlop, James C.
Griffiths, John
Hayes, S Jfl
Hudson, Henry
Hugues, Victor
King George III
Magellan, Ferdinand
Nelson, Horatio
Nuyts, Peter
Prince, William
Scott, Vice Matthew Henry
Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de
Wyon, Peter
Century
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Century
Century
17th
18th
19th
20th
unknown
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1689
1701
1725
1750
1755
1765
1775
1782
1792
1795
1801
1805
1807
1813
1817
1819
1826
1827
1835
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1844
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1855
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1876
1883
1886
1888
1889
1892
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1896
1899
1900
1905
1908
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1916
1922
1924
1926
1929
1930
1932
1933
1935
1939
1940
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1988
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1837
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HMS Repulse (Design, Half block model)
Liquid compass - aircraft; compass bowl
Liquid compass
Liquid compass
Boat's liquid compass
Baltic Exchange Glass - The Half Dome (Stained glass window)
Baltic Exchange Glass - The Virtue Windows - Justice (Stained glass window)
Baltic Exchange glass (Stained glass window)
Carving
Horseback deck game (Deck game)
A full-length polychrome figurehead of a bulldog from the wooden paddle sloop HMS Bulldog (1845). (Figurehead)
Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle
model, oars
Liquid compass
Polaris - Sun Compass
Compass Bowl
Ship's wheel decoration
Ship's wheel decoration
Ship's wheel decoration
Liquid compass
backboard
Structural model; Lead bars
Carving
Carving
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