| Code Sort descending | Alternate Codes | Authored on | Classified Name | Common Name | Local Name | Description |
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| 85/238 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FURNISHINGS | Picture frame | A frame made to hold a picture. Medium size. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown, c. 1911. |
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| 85/239 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Anhydric electric incubator | For laboratory use. Material: Wood, metal and brass. Colour: Light brown, grey and brass. Maker: Charles Hearson & Co., c. 1940. |
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| 85/24 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pill silverer | Used to finish the pills with a silver or gold coating. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown (2 parts), c. 1830. |
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| 85/240 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | BEDDING | Bedspread | Honeycomb pattern, tassels all around. Material: Cotton. Colour: White, c. 1910. |
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| 85/241 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | BEDDING | Bedspread | Honeycomb pattern, tassels all around. Material: Cotton. Colour: White, c. 1910. |
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| 85/242 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | Painting | Watercolour painting | A picture painted with watercolours. Still life, c. 1916. |
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| 85/243 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | Painting | Watercolour painting | A picture painted with watercolours. Still life, c. 1916. |
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| 85/25 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pill silverer | Used to finish the pills with a silver or gold coating. Material: Wood. Colour: Brown (set of 3), c. 1880. |
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| 85/26 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pill machine | Used to cut equal-sized pills. Reversible for 30 3-grain and 24 5-grain pills. Material: Mahogany and brass. Colour: Brown and brass (5 parts), c. 1890. |
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| 85/27 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Funnel | Used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Material: Glazed earthenware. Colour: Off-white, c. 1910. |
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| 85/28 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Funnel | Used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910. |
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| 85/29 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Funnel | Used to channel liquid or fine-grained substances into containers with a small opening. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910. |
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| 85/3 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Cardiac defibrillator | For use as treatment for life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias. Material: Wood and metal. Colour: Brown and silver. Maker: Westprod, c. 1950. |
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| 85/30 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Suppository mould | Used in the treatment of constipation and hemorrhoids. 15 grain, 6 holes. Material: Metal (nickel-plated). Colour: Silver (3 parts), c. 1900. |
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| 85/31 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | PAINTING T&E | Palette knife | Used for applying clean patches of colour onto blank canvas or over an existing dry layer of paint. Material: Steel and wood. Colour: Grey and brown (set of 2). Maker: Taylor, c. 1910. |
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| 85/32 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Pill knife | Used to divide the pill into unequal parts. Material: Steel and wood. Colour: Grey and brown. Maker: Joseph Gray & Son, c. 1910. |
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| 85/33 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | MEDICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL T&E | Spatula | Used to count tablets and capsules on a counting tray and also used to compund creams and ointments. Material: Vulcanite. Colour: Brown, c. 1910. |
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| 85/34 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FOOD PROCESSING T&E | Cork extractor | For drawing corks from bottles that may be sealed with corks. Material: Nickel-plated. Colour: Silver. Maker: Holborn Co., c. 1920. |
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| 85/35 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | FOOD SERVICE T&E | Spoon, horn | Used for eating liquid or semi-liquid foods/medicine. Material: Horn. Colour: Cream, c. 1910. |
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| 85/36 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | CHEMICAL T&E | Hydrometer | Used to determine specific gravity of liquids. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1930. |
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| 85/37 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | THERMAL T&E | Thermometer | Used for measuring temperature. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: G.H. Zeal, c. 1920. |
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| 85/38 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT | Telephone index | Used for identifying the telephone number of subscribers by the name and address to be found. Material: Metal. Colour: Brown. Maker: Bates M.F.G. Co., c. 1930. |
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| 85/39 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Metric measure, 500 ml | Uses units such as metre, litre and gram to measure length. Cylindrical, graduated in 5 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: A.G. Ltd, c. 1920. |
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| 85/4 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | TOILET ARTICLE | Slipper bedpan | Used for immobile patients while in bed and comes with a lid. Material: Porcelain and china. Colour: Off-white. Maker: Hewlett, c. 1890. |
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| 85/40 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Metric measure, 250 ml | Uses units such as metre, litre and gram to measure length. Cylindrical, graduated in 2 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920. |
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| 85/41 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Metric measure, 100 ml | Uses units such as metre, litre and gram to measure length. Cylindrical, graduated in 1 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920. |
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| 85/42 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Metric measure, 50 ml | Uses units such as metre, litre and gram to measure length. Cylindrical, graduated in 0.5 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910. |
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| 85/43 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Metric measure, 10 ml | Uses units such as metre, litre and gram to measure length. Cylindrical, graduated in 0.1 ml. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear. Maker: A.G. Ltd, c. 1920. |
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| 85/44 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Conical measure, 2 dram | Use of conical measure dictates its construction material. Graduated throughout in minims. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1910. |
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| 85/45 | Equipment and Tools | 21/05/2025 - 15:00 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES T&E | Conical measure, 2 Fl oz | Use of conical measure dictates its construction material. Graduated in minims to 240 minims. Material: Glass. Colour: Clear, c. 1920. |
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