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Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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armament, ethnographic: knife
astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic
Box
Box base
Box lid
Broken part
Case
Comb
Combs
commemorative artifact: box
commemorative artifact: box, snuff
Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial
drafting t&e: drawing instruments
drawing instruments
Fan
food processing t&e: tea caddy
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
household accessory: box
Inner lid
Knife
Lancet
Magnifying glass
medical & psychological t&e: surgical instruments(set)
Non-achromatic telescope
optical t&e: glass, magnifying
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)
personal gear: box, snuff
personal gear: fan
personal gear: frames, spectacle
personal gear: glass, reading
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: pinze nez
personal symbol: crest
Pin case
Pinze nez
Plank-on-frame
Pocket telescope
Portable telescope
presentation artifact: box
reading glass
Rigged model
Snow goggles
Snuff box
snuff box
Snuff box base
snuff box base
Snuff box lid
snuff box lid
Spectacle frames
Spy glass telescope
Spyglass telescope
Surgical instrument
surgical instruments
Tea caddy
Telescope
textileworking t&e: case, pin ?
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, magnetic azimuth
toilet article: combs, pair of
Watch
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
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blued-steel
bone
brass
brass (?)
card
coating: lacquer
copper
cotton
enamel
gilt
gilt brass
gilt metal
glass
glass, horn/tortoiseshell (?) and silver
gold
gold alloy
horn
horn/tortoiseshell
horn/tortoiseshell(?): glass
ink
inorganic: glass
ivory
lacquered and guilded paperboard
leather
metal
metal, gilt
metal: brass
metal: gold, ?
metal: silver
mica
organic: horn
organic: ivory
organic: ivory, ?
organic: paper
organic: silk
organic: tortoiseshell
organic: tortoiseshell ?
paint
paper
papier mache
pewter
shagreen
silk
silver
simulated tortoiseshell
steel
textile
tortoiseshell
vellum
vitreous paste
watercolour paint
wood
wood: walnut ?
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Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Not on display
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Bloud, Charles
Cary
Dollond & Aitchison
G. & C. Dixey, G & C Dixey
Hatfield, A.
Henri
J. Weiss & Son
Kempton, Peter
Morel
Nairne & Blunt
Nairne, Edward
Newton, William & Frederick
Simpson
Tassie, James
Thomas Brown
Unknown
W. & M. Hutchinson
Webb, Thomas
Woodrow, Charles
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Birmingham
Chester
China
City of Westminster
Dieppe
Japan
King's Lynn, Norfolk, England
London
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Sheffield
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
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Vessels
Alert (1856)
Asia (1824)
Vanguard (1787)
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The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
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Back, George
Berry, Edward
Brummell, George Bryan
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Hamilton, Emma
Hardy, Pamela
King Charles I
Nelson, Horatio
Palmer, John
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Parrott, Charles
Queen Mary, Consort of King George V
Semple, Frederick
Seppings, Robert
Thomas Brown
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Box
Pocket telescope
Spyglass telescope
surgical instruments
Snow goggles
Box
Box base
Dieppe magnetic azimuth dial
snuff box base
Box
Box base
Fan
Box base
Queen; Warship; Fifth rate; Frigate (Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model)
Box lid
Pin case
Pinze nez (Pinze nez)
Snuff box lid
Pair of combs (Combs)
Lancet
Reading glass (Magnifying glass)
Lancet
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