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Astronomical and navigational instruments

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Astrolabes and quadrants

Celestial navigation

Charting instruments

Compasses

Course, speed and distance indicators

Electronic navigation

Globes and globe gores

Meteorological instruments

Optical equipment

Sundials

Telescopes

Decorative art

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Ceramics

Furniture

Glass

Jewellery

Objet d'art

Plate

Sailors' craftwork

World Cultures

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Africa

Franklin relics

North America

Pacific

South-East Asia

South America

South Asia

Type

adornment: armlet

adornment: necklace

armament, ethnographic: knife

armament t&e: bow

Armlet

astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic

Baseboard

Bowl

bowl, feast

Box

Box base

Boxed set of artefacts

Box lid

Broken part

building: church

building: gate

building: tower

building: unidentified building

Button

Canoe prow figure

canoe prow ornament

Case

Cast

cast: coin cast: Colombia, coin of, 1832

cast: gem cast: gem, engraved, 18C-19C

cast: gem cast: gem, engraved, 100 BC-200 AD

cast: gem cast: gem, engraved, 100 BC-200 AD(Greco-Roman)

cast: medal cast: commemorative medal

cast: medal cast: commemorative medal(England)

cast: seal cast

cast: seal cast: Amsterdam, a seal of the city for certain purposes, 1472

cast: seal cast: Cardigan, counter seal of the corporation, early 17C

cast: seal cast: Dartmouth, common seal

cast: seal cast: Hawkins, George, seal of, 1695

cast: seal cast: Heard, Isaac, seal of office(Norroy King of Arms)

cast: seal cast: personal seal, commemorative

cast: seal cast: Plantagenet, Richard, seal of office, 1471-5(Admiral of England in Dorset and Somerset)

cast: seal cast: Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, seal of the admiral of

cast: seal cast: Wits, Robert, seal of, 14C

cast: seal impression

cast: seal impression, Brazilian Imperial Deligation in London, seal of

cast: seal impression: Abbott, William Henry, seal of office(Notary Public Calcutta)

cast: seal impression: Admiralty, British, seal of

cast: seal impression: Anglo Californian Bank Ltd, seal of

cast: seal impression: Argyll, Duke of, personal seal

cast: seal impression: Australian Joint Stock Bank, seal of

cast: seal impression: Baamonde, Marques de, seal of

cast: seal impression: Banco de Bahia, seal of

cast: seal impression: Banco de Santander, seal of

cast: seal impression: Banco Espangnol Filipino de Isabel Secunda, seal of

cast: seal impression: Birsall Local Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: Canadian Navy, seal of

cast: seal impression: Cardigan, seal of

cast: seal impression: City of London School, seal of

cast: seal impression: Commander-in-Chief, Grand fleet, seal of

cast: seal impression: Commander in Chief The Nore, seal of

cast: seal impression: Commission Belge de L'Exposition Universelle de Londres

cast: seal impression: Copiapo Smelting Co Ltd, seal of

cast: seal impression: Cork Porter Brewery, seal of(Beamish & Crawford)

cast: seal impression: Credito Castellano Valladolid, seal cast

cast: seal impression: Cronyn, Benjamin, 1857(Bishop of Huron)

cast: seal impression: Dartmouth, second common seal, early 14C

cast: seal impression: Dearness Valley Railway Co, seal of

cast: seal impression: ecclesiastical seal

cast: seal impression: Equitable Reversionary Interest Society, seal of, 1856

cast: seal impression: Great Eastern Railway Company Secretary, seal of

cast: seal impression: Guildford Local Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: Hamilton, Robert, seal of

cast: seal impression: Hanmer, Johan de, seal of

cast: seal impression: Humber, Vice Admiral of, seal of office, late 17C

cast: seal impression: Keeper of Records, seal of(Duchy of Cornwall)

cast: seal impression: Lauderdale, Earl of, seal of

cast: seal impression: Leamington Priors Gas Company, seal of

cast: seal impression: Leith Local Marine Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: London & Suburban Land & Building Co, seal of, 1863

cast: seal impression: Mexican consulate in London, seal of

cast: seal impression: Monk Bretton Local Government Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: Naval Ordnance Store Department, seal of

cast: seal impression: Naval Torpedo School, seal of(HMS Vernon)

cast: seal impression: Newcastle under Lime School Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: Order of the Star of India, seal of

cast: seal impression: Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas, seal of

cast: seal impression: personal seal

cast: seal impression: Peru, Spanish legation in, seal of

cast: seal impression: Pollesworth Abbey, seal of

cast: seal impression: Preston Banking Co, seal of

cast: seal impression: Privy Purse, seal of(England)

cast: seal impression: Royal Mint Die Department, seal of

cast: seal impression: Royal Naval Air Service, seal of(Bermuda)

cast: seal impression: Royal Naval vessels, seal of

cast: seal impression: Sandwich, Earl of, personal seal

cast: seal impression: Southwell Highway Board, seal of

cast: seal impression: St George's Hospital, seal of(London)

cast: seal impression: University of Glasgow, Natural History Department, seal of

cast: seal impression: West Lancashire Railway Company, seal of

cast: seal matrix: personal seal, commemorative

ceremonial artifact: crown

ceremonial artifact: ensign

ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval (White Ensign)

ceremonial artifact: flag

clothing, headwear: hat

clothing, outerwear: pyjama top

clothing, underwear: longjohns

clothing, underwear: tunic

clothing, underwear: vest

clothing accessory: button(2 buttons)

Coin cast

Coincast

Comb

Combs

commemorative artifact: box

commemorative artifact: box, snuff

commemorative artifact: shell, nautilus

commemorative artifact: shell, turban

commemorative artifact: tray

Cowrie shell

Curio

Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial

documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat

drafting t&e: drawing instruments

Drawing instrument case

drawing instruments

Ecclesiastical seal

Ethnographic boat model

Fan

Feast bowl

Figure

Fish hook

fishing & trapping t&e: hook, fish

food processing t&e: tea caddy

food service t&e: bowl

food service t&e: bowl, kava

food service t&e: bowl, seal

food service t&e: spoon

food service t&e: tray

Full hull model

Full hull model; Baseboard

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model

Full hull model; Rigged model; Pillar

Gem, engraved, 100 BC-200 AD

Gramophone record

Headdress

Hour-glass

household accessory: box

Impression

Inner lid

Kava bowl

Knife

Knife sheath

Lancet

lighting device: torch

Longjohns

Magnifying glass

Medal cast

Medal impression

medical & psychological t&e: surgical instruments(set)

meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, stick(marine barometer, cistern. with thermometer)

meteorological t&e: thermometer, table

Nautilus shell

Navigational Chart

Necklace

Non-achromatic telescope

optical t&e: glass, magnifying

optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)

optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)

original art: curio

Ornament

Oyster shell

personal gear: box, snuff

personal gear: fan

personal gear: frames, spectacle

personal gear: glass, reading

personal gear: goggles, snow

personal gear: pinze nez

personal gear: stick, walking

Personal seal

personal seal

Personal seal, commemorative

personal symbol: arms

personal symbol: badge

personal symbol: crest

personal symbol: royal arms, Belgium

personal symbol: royal arms, England

personal symbol: royal arms, Spain

personal symbol: seal impression

personal symbol: seal impression: Banco de Santander, seal of

personal symbol: shield of arms

personal symbol: valentine, shell

Phonograph record

Pillar

Pin case

Pinze nez

Plank-on-frame

Pocket telescope

Portable telescope

presentation artifact: artifacts, boxed set of(replica)

presentation artifact: box

Pyjama Top

rail transportation equipment: truck

reading glass

relic, animal: shell, oyster

relic, ship: shell, cowrie

Replica seal

Richard Plantagenet, seal of office, 1471-5

Rigged model

Seal

Seal cast

Seal cast of Dearness Valley Railway Co

Seal impression

Seal impression, Brazilian Imperial Delegation in London, seal of

Sealing wax part

Seal of Banco de Santander, seal of

Seal of Banco Espangnol Filipino de Isabel Secunda

Seal of Credito Castellano Valladolid

Seal of Guildford Local Board

Seal of Johan de Hanmer

Seal of Leith Local Marine Board

Seal of London & Suburban Land & Building Co, 1863

Seal of Monk Bretton Local Government Board

Seal of Newcastle under Lime School Board, seal of

Seal of Pollesworth Abbey

Seal of Preston Banking Co, seal of

Seal of Spanish legation in Peru

Seal of St George's Hospital

Seal of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, seal of

Seal of the British Admiralty, British, seal of

Seal of the Canadian Navy

Seal of the Commander in Chief The Nore

Seal of the Mexican consulate in London

Seal of the Naval Ordnance Store Department, seal of

Seal of the Naval Torpedo School, seal of

Seal of West Lancashire Railway Company

Sea pearls

Seed pearls

Shell

shell, turban

Shell valentine

Slit gong

Snow goggles

Snuff box

snuff box

Snuff box base

snuff box base

Snuff box lid

snuff box lid

sound communication t&e: record, phonograph

Souvenir

Spectacle frames

Spoon

Spy glass telescope

Spyglass telescope

Stick barometer

Stick chart

Surgical instrument

surgical instruments

Table thermometer

Tea caddy

Telescope

textileworking t&e: case, pin ?

timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth

timekeeping t&e: hour-glass

timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(15 minute)

timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(30 minute)

timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(60 minute)

toilet article: combs, pair of

Tray

Tunic

Turban shell

Vest

Walking stick

Watch

Watch stand

water transport: cargo/passenger vessel

water transport: fighting vessel

water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: canoe, war (Maori)

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)

water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)

water transport: muscle-powered vessel: galley

water transport: muscle-powered vessel: skiff

water transport: muscle powered vessel: canoe, war

water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (New Guinea)

water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Polynesian)

water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel

water transport: sailing vessel

water transport: sailing vessel: ship

water transport: steam & sailing vessel

water transport: steam vessel

water transport: steam vessel: paddle

water transport: unknown function: boat

water transport accessory: anchor

written communication t&e: pen

Materials

albatross beak

blued-steel

bone

brass

brass (?)

card

cardboard

coating: lacquer

coating: shell-lac

copper

copper alloy

cotton

cowrie shell

cowrie shells

ebony

enamel

gilt

gilt brass

gilt metal

glass

glass, horn/tortoiseshell (?) and silver

gold

gold alloy

horn

horn/tortoiseshell

horn/tortoiseshell(?): glass

ink

inorganic: glass

inorganic: obsidian

iron

ivory

lacquered and guilded paperboard

lead

leather

mahogany

metal

metal, gilt

metal: brass

metal: bronze

metal: gold, ?

metal: silver

metal alloy

mica

moss

mother-of-pearl

organic: cotton

organic: feather

organic: fibre

organic: horn

organic: ivory

organic: ivory, ?

organic: mother of pearl

organic: nutshell, coquilla

organic: paper

organic: shell

organic: shell, abalone

organic: shell, coconut

organic: shell, cowrie

organic: shell, oyster

organic: shellac

organic: silk

organic: string

organic: tortoiseshell

organic: tortoiseshell ?

organic: twine

organic: wood: cedar

organic: wool

paint

paper

papier mache

papier maché

pewter

plaster

plastic

polished steel

possibly eggshell

sand

satin

shagreen

shark vertebrae (possibly)

shell

shellac

silk

silver

simulated tortoise-shell

simulated tortoiseshell

steel

synthetic: bead, glass

synthetic fibre

textile

tortoiseshell

Tortoiseshell (CITES)

turtle shell

Turtle shell, ivory, ebony

vegetable fibre

vellum

velvet

vitreous paste

watercolour paint

wood

wood: walnut ?

Display Location

Display - Atlantic Gallery

Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery

Display - Polar Worlds Gallery

Display - QH

Display - ROG

Display - Sea Things Gallery

Not on display

Creator

Bloud, Charles

Brook

Cary

Casson, Lewis

Clay, Charles

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd

Dollond & Aitchison

Edison Bell

Foy & Gibson Pty Ltd

G. & C. Dixey, G & C Dixey

Hatfield, A.

Henri

Howard, William

I & R Longman (late Strongitharm)

J. Weiss & Son

Jaeger

Kempton, Peter

Kirkman

M. S. S. Recording Co. Ltd

Morel

Mulloy, William

Nairne & Blunt

Nairne, Edward

Newton, William & Frederick

Russell, Francis

Simpson

Tassie, James

Teresa, Teresa

Thieler, David

Thomas Brown

Unknown

W. & M. Hutchinson

Webb, Thomas

Wood, C. H.

Woodrow, Charles

Wright, Henry

Places

Alaska

Birmingham

Chester

China

City of Westminster

Cook Islands

Dieppe

England

France

Germany

Great Britain

Holland ?

Illidge, Staffordshire, England ?

Jamaica

Japan

King's Lynn, Norfolk, England

Kiribati

London

Maidenhead

Marshall Islands

New Guinea

New Zealand

Niue

Pacific Ocean

Papua New Guinea

Paris

Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Sheffield

Solomon Islands

Tuvalu

Unknown

Events

Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588

Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914

Antarctic Exploration: Sealing voyage of James Weddell, 1822-1824

Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880

Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876

Birth of Admiral De Ruyter, 1607

Death of Nelson, 1805

Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Copenhagen, 1801

Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805

Vessels

Alert (1856)

Asia (1824)

Assistance (1835)

Beaufoy (1803)

Great Britain (1843)

Great Eastern (1858)

Great Western 1837

Jane

Juno (1895)

Titanic (1912)

Torch (1894)

Vanguard (1787)

Vernon (1876 - 1986)

Victory (1765)

Exhibition

Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution

The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire

People

Anderson, J.

Anglo-Californian Bank Ltd

Archbishop of Canterbury

Archives Nationales, Paris

Attwell

Australian Joint Stock Bank

Baamonde, Marques De

Back, George

Baker, Alfred M.

Banco de Bahia

Banco de Santander

Banco Espagnol Filipino de Isabel Secunda

Beamish & Crawford

Beckwith, George

Berry, Edward

Birsal Local Board

British Museum

Brummell, George Bryan

Buck, George

Canadian Navy

City of London

Clay, Charles

Collingwood, Cuthbert

Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet

Commander in Chief The Nore

Company, Dearness Valley Railway

Copiapo Smelting Company Ltd

Credito Castellano Valladolid

Cronyn, Benjamin (Bishop of Huron)

Dacres, James Richard

Duchy of Cornwall, Keeper of Records

Duke of Argyll

Equitable Reversionary Interest Society

Fitzwilliam Museum

Great Eastern Railway Company Secretary

Guildford

Guildford Local Board

Hamilton, Emma

Hamilton Family

Hanmer, Johan de

Hanson

Hardy, Pamela

Harrison, Paymaster Edward Newell

Hawkins, George

Heard, Isaac

HM Admiralty

Howe, Richard

Hull

Humber, of the

King Charles I

King Richard III

Leamington Priors Gas Company

Leith Local Marine Board

London & Suburban Land & Building Co Ltd

Maitland, John

Mexican Consulate in London

Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy

Monk Bretton Local Government Board

Muscovy Company

Naval Ordnance Store Department

Naval Torpedo School

Nelson, Catherine

Nelson, Edmund

Nelson, Horatia

Nelson, Horatio

Newcastle under Lyme School Board

Nias, Joseph

Norris, Albert

of Effingham, Richard, 4th

Order of the Star of India

Ormond, Jean Louis

P.L.

Palmer, John

Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase

Parrott, Charles

Pelham-Clinton, Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas

Polesworth Abbey

Preston Banking Co

Prince Albert, Consort of Queen Victoria

Privy Purse

Queen Alexandra, Consort of King-Emperor Edward VII

Queen Mary, Consort of King George V

Queen Victoria

Robert Hamilton MD

Royal Mint Die Department

Royal Naval Air Service

Ruyter, Michel Adriaenszoon de

Sandeman family

Sandwich, Earl of

School, The City of London

Science Museum Group

Semple, Frederick

Seppings, Robert

Shakespeare, William

Society of Antiquaries of London

Southwell Highway Board

Spanish Legation in Peru

St George's Hospital

Tansley, George

Thomas Brown

University of Glasgow

VII, King Edward

Villiers, Alan John

Weddell, James

West Lancashire Railway Company

William Henry Abbott, William Henry

Wits, Robert

Woollard, Claude Lombard Aubry

Century

unknown

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Tray

Necklace

Nautilus shell

William Bligh's small reading glass (Magnifying glass)

Passenger vessel; Canoe, Polynesian Outrigger (Full hull model)

Surgical instrument

Hour-glass

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