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• File:Small cut glass perfume bottle with ball-top stopper, neck broken, decorated with diamond pattern, oval shaped in cross section, part of Chalmers collection, English, 1860 to 1900
• File:Cut glass bottle with deeply incised decoration, monogrammed MM, outer stopper missing, probably for smelling salts, part of Chalmers collection, English, 1860
• File:Watt's Engine Counter; and framed diagram.
• File:Cleopatra chain-stitch domestic sewing machine made to an 1867 design, by Newton Wilson and Co., 144 High Holborn, London, England, 1868.
• File:Model of sun and planet gearing, made by James Watt ,1782-1784, demonstrating the action designed to produce a rotative motion. Preserved by James Watt & Co.
• File:Watt's end measuring instrument with micrometer screw,1776; probably the first screw micrometer made.
• File:Watt's type of steam engine indicator and 2 line diagrams, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1796-1890
• File:Altazimuth theodolite by Benjamin Cole & Son, London, 1755-65. Without wooden tripod base.
• File:Dismantled carcase of replica of Black's balance, (of late 18th century).
• File:Dismantled beam and pans of replica of Black's balance, (of late 18th century).
• File:Copying desk, by J. Watt & Co., Soho manufactory, Birmingham, with lock and key, 1780-1800
• File:1 Soldering bolt, broken, piece of copper attached by wire.
• File:1 Arm for the dividing apparatus (see Table in centre of room)
• File:1 Saw in wood frame, broken and worm eaten
• File:2 Drill drivers, one without catgut
• File:1 Pair of tongs
• File:1 Iron rake for stove
• File:1 Model of Soho Manufactory, worm eaten, filled with:
• File:3 Wood patterns
• File:12 Pieces of wood, various sizes
• File:Part of roof of oak model of factory
• File:Top drawer
• File:1 Packet ‘Experiment paper on copying’
• File:1 Carved wood leaf, gilt
• File:1 Circular steel plate and spindle
• File:1 Long steel screw in square brass block with flat steel spring attached, and piece of square steel screwed to other end of spring, and screw in steel block
• File:1 Piece of semi-circular cast lead with steel arm screwed on.
• File:1 Piece of semi-circular cast lead without arm
• File:1 Piece of steel 6” long ¼” triangular in section
• File:1 Wood pattern of drill frame, single pulley, for reducing machine
• File:1 Sharpening stone
• File:2 Long brass thumbscrews
• File:3 Short steel screws
• File:1 Fine file 5” three cornered
• File:2 Cutters with screw end
• File:6 Thin strips of mahogany (?broken pattern)
• File:1 Small bundle of wool
• File:2 Solid and 3 open brass cog wheels ) sizes 1½ “, 1¾”, 2”, 2½”, 3¾ “ dia.
• File:9 Screws wrapped in paper
• File:1 Bent piece of piping (?lead)
• File:1 Straight piece of piping
• File:2 Square bolts screwed at end, one has nut and washer, one with washer only
• File:1 Flat piece of iron 10” x ?” x ?”
• File:3 Small spanners, 1 broken
• File:2 Small brass collars, each with 2 screws in
• File:1 Half pound weight
• File:1 Two oz. Weight
• File:1 Watchmakers turn, with 2 shifting pieces on arm, movable rest, and 4 thumbscrews
• File:1 U shaped piece of steel with thumbscrew in bottom, square holes other ends
• File:1 Piece of cast brass 3” x 2¼” x ½” with hole in centre
• File:1 Brass hinge 1”, no hole for screws
• File:1 Conical piece of brass 1½” x ¼”, hole through, screw one end, screw part broken
• File:1 Piece of paper with writing in French
• File:1 Piece of round brass with seven holes and two iron screws in
• File:1 Clock key
• File:1 Brass square hole key, in wood handle
• File:2 Steel square hole keys, in wood handle
• File:1 Piece of wire, bent end, wood handle
• File:1 Wood pattern for cutter
• File:1 Piece of glass tube
• File:2 Pieces of brass, 1” x ¾” screwed together, 4 screws, with arms slit and screwed through
• File:1 Solid brass headed screw, with round piece of brass fixed on end and movable piece between
• File:1 Cast iron bearing in two pieces, hollowed across top
• File:1 Large brass cap in two pieces
• File:1 Pointed piece of boxwood
• File:2 Circular iron plates, two small holes in each
• File:1 Circular piece of brass, five holes in
• File:1 Boxwood pulleynoted by Collins
• File:1 Half round mahogany pattern, hollowed at bottom
• File:4 2” washers, rounded one side
• File:1 Piece of tinfoil
• File:29 Pieces of iron wire, etc., parts of tools wrapped in paper
• File:1 Piece of iron, U shaped 3 holes in
• File:1 Piece of brass wire bent round one end
• File:1 Piece of string
• File:1 Packet “brass turnings”
• File:1 Piece of mahogany with screws in (?bearing cover)
• File:8 Mahogany patterns, tied together
• File:1 Long piece of brass, with pointer one end and hole the other end, with sliding piece
• File:1 Piece of cast lead
• File:1 Paint brush
• File:2 Small hammers
• File:1 Piece of flat steel )
• File:1 Piece of flat steel rounded with socket on ) tied together
• File:1 Graver
• File:1 Chisel in wood handle
• File:7 Flat files
• File:1 Handle
• File:2 Screws
• File:1 Piece of steel, 4” x ¼” dia.
• File:21 Washers, pieces of brass, steel, etc. wrapped in paper
• File:1 Large flat piece of copper
• File:1 Strip of copper, folded
• File:6 Pieces of zinc
• File:2 Pieces of zinc, with writing on
• File:1 Long piece of shaped wood
• File:1 Scale on tin, partly divided and slit up centre
• File:1 Piece of coil spring
• File:1 Packet “bits of tin”
• File:25 Lumps of tin, in packet
• File:4 Pieces of tin
• File:2 Pieces of cast lead with reverse portrait of “G. B. Rodney”
• File:1 Piece of rough lead
• File:1 Piece of box hinge
• File:1 Screw driver in spring mahogany handle
• File:1 Piece of lead piping
• File:1 Tin lid, hole in top
• File:1 Ball in iron frame with mahogany handle
• File:1 ball in iron frame with short round handle (?paper rollers)
• File:1 Copper cylinder, piece of tube at top, one piece of tube on each side, one piece with brass tap at bottom
• File:1 Piece of cast lead, small
• File:1 Piece of bent wire, hooked ends
• File:1 Piece of pewter plate, engraved at back, with piece of brass rivetted on
• File:1 Strip of copper folded
• File:2 Pieces of iron, ends turned up with screw bolt in one end of each (?cramps)
• File:1 Small copper ladle, short handle
• File:1 Piece of horn
• File:1 Piece of lead 8¾” x 1¼” x ¼”
• File:1 Bone pipe stem in two parts
• File:2 Pieces of curved steel, loops at one end, rivetted in middle, opens out to semi-circle
• File:1 Piece of zinc tubing with elbow of small tubing soldered on side
• File:1 Iron T shaped bracket with 4 holes in
• File:1 Small piece of wood
• File:2 Flat round pieces of brass, three holes and short length of tubing on
• File:1 Square pieces of brass with four holes and a short length of tubing attached
• File:1 Zinc cup with cork in, small tube in cork with wick
• File:1 Small solid brass caster
• File:1 Piece of cast iron, 2½” x 1½” x ½”
• File:1 Solid brass wheel, milled edge
• File:1 Long cranked winch handle, steel
• File:1 short cranked winch handle, steel
• File:1 Curved cranked winch handle, with knob
• File:1 Model of screw down press, on mahogany stand
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:3 Long brass racks
• File:1 Steel screw
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 Piece of brass with slot down the centre, thumbscrew one end and brass ring handle. The other 1 Shaped piece of brass with 3 solid pieces rivetted on one end
• File:2 Curved pieces of sheet brass 1” wide, ends turned down, with small brass pin on top
• File:2 Piece of thin brass, rounded ends, each with slot in centre
• File:2 Piece of thin brass, rounded ends, each with slot in centre
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:5 “Small springs”
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:27 “Good springs”
• File:1 Packet containing
• File:14 “Springs of contrary bend”
• File:1 Piece of round cast tin or lead, stamped ½”
• File:2 Tin trays, one with one end lipped
• File:1 Portion of engine counter, 9” x 3”, brass with 3 cardboard dials on
• File:1 Flat piece of horn
• File:2 Pieces of tarred rope
• File:1 Label, “Mr Boulton’s Mask Atlas, Feast of ye Gods-Horn-Mother of Pearl, French chalk”
• File:1 Face plate 9” dia. with 2½” brass centre
• File:1 Face plate 5” dia. with 2½” brass centre
• File:1 Egg cup
• File:1 Saw for cutting stone
• File:1 Brass cog wheel on spindle
• File:1 Tripod head, with brass thumb-screw
• File:1 Double boxwood pulley mounted on spindle in steel frame
• File:1 Piece of wood 13” long, rounded ends
• File:1 Piece of wood and 1 piece of lead, tied together
• File:1 Wood pattern, two pieces joined by strip of wood
• File:1 Piece of hard wood 4” x 2” x 2”
• File:1 Piece of pine 3” x 2” with slot
• File:1 Top bearing plate, wood with 2 screws
• File:1 Round piece of wood 2” dia. hole in centre
• File:2 Pieces of wood 2½” x 3” tied together with string
• File:1 Piece of marble shell shaped
• File:3 Wood screws
• File:1 Ferrule, brass
• File:1 Ferrule, boxwood
• File:1 Piece of shaped iron with three holes
• File:1 Piece of paper, (Sizes of brass and iron wire)
• File:16 Pieces of plaster
• File:2 Pieces of china
• File:1 Piece of cone shaped ivory, with piece of glass attached
• File:2 Bundles of strips of red cloth, one dated Sept. 22. 1788, one dated 5th
• File:1 Piece of ?” dia. brass, screw one end tapered the other
• File:1 Piece of lead
• File:1 Half of hinge, of tin
• File:19 Pieces of metal, various
• File:2 Small iron washers
• File:2 Pieces of wire with end bent forming eye
• File:1 Piece of sponge
• File:?” steel firmer chisel with turned hickory handle and horn ferrule, by Bishop, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used in James Watt's workshop, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769 (see note)
• File:1 Packet, “Bitts of Felt and Pasteboard” (see note)
• File:5 Pieces of rough wax
• File:1 Piece wax tube with mouth piece
• File:1 Bundle addressed “Mr Watt, Birmingham”, containing:
• File:1 Bundle, cotton and linen rags, “Ink powder” written outside
• File:2 Pieces of leather wadding
• File:5 Small pieces of leather wadding
• File:1 Packet of 22 sheets sand-paper, doubled
• File:Bundle of red cloth wrapped in paper labelled, “Specimens of red dye upon cotton”, some dated and numbered and wrapped in their own papers, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Piece of green calico
• File:1 Green veil, with ribbon ) tied together
• File:2 Pieces of paper, green one side, white the other, tied in roll
• File:1 Part of white leather belt
• File:1 Bundle of pieces of parchment
• File:39 Pieces of cardboard, small triangles, in paper packet
• File:1 Packet, “Fine card” “Cotton card”
• File:1 Bundle “Chamois brown and desk leather”
• File:1 Piece chamois leather
• File:1 Piece of white kid
• File:6 Pieces of linen rags
• File:1 Small piece of sponge
• File:2 Pieces of bladder
• File:1 Bundle containing:
• File:Lot of cardboard pointed at ends and folding, 6 pieces
• File:4 Bundles of catgut, in paper
• File:12 Hanks of catgut, loose
• File:12 Hanks of catgut, tied together
• File:17 Coils of catgut, loose
• File:1 Coil of catgut, one end tied up in paper
• File:1 Piece of catgut
• File:1 Card, Notice of meeting of Committee of “Birmingham Canal Navigation”
• File:1 Piece of zinc, 15” x 14”
• File:2 Pieces of zinc, 3” x 3”
• File:1 Piece of tin, 15” x 10”
• File:11 Small pieces of tin
• File:1 Piece of tin, writing on it in “reference to taking out licences for horses in London”,
• File:15 Pieces of tinfoil, in paper
• File:1 Roll of thin lead, 2¾” wide
• File:1 Piece of transparent horn, 5¼“ x 5¼”
• File:2 Strips of sheet brass
• File:2 Pieces of sheet copper, 4½” x 4½” and 1½” x 1¼”
• File:1 Strip of copper, 7½” x 1¼”
• File:1 Flat piece of lead, 3” x 2½”
• File:A small piece of stout zinc plate
• File:1 Moseley and Hawksworth’s tenon saw, 14”
• File:1 Moseley and Hawksworth’s tenon saw, brass back, 9”
• File:1 Hack saw, 8”
• File:1 Piece of coarse steel chain, 12” long
• File:1 Piece of fine steel chain, 10” long
• File:1 Piece of fine brass chain, 20” long
• File:2 Pieces of fine brass chain, 7” and 4” long
• File:1 Coil of fine copper wire
• File:3 Wire springs 6” long, bound together with string
• File:1 Packet of very fine brass springs
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 Brass spring
• File:3 Hanks of red tape
• File:2 Coils of fine brass spring
• File:1 Piece of fine brass spring, 18” long
• File:1 Coil of spring bound with pink ribbon, with stout hook each end
• File:1 Coil of spring bound with blue ribbon, fine hook each end
• File:1 Piece of steel spring, 4” long, partly on rough piece of wood
• File:2 Pieces of steel spring, Wound one in the other
• File:1 Piece of sheet copper 10” x 10”, cut irregular
• File:1 Label, “Saws springs and small wire
• File:1 Strop, seal on handle “Smith’s strops”
• File:3 Buff sticks
• File:1 Circular piece of ebony, 2¼” x ?”
• File:1 Round ebony frame, 2¼” dia.
• File:1 Clay pipe stamped “Henry Lyon”, stem broken, bowl chipped
• File:1 Lock key
• File:4 Ferrules for tool handles
• File:1 Iron square hole key, knob handle
• File:1 Three cornered 4” file in handle
• File:1 Rasp, 10”
• File:1 Piece of ? ” rod steel in handle
• File:1 Boxwood bobbin, 3½” x 1¼”
• File:1 Spring, 3 ¾” x ½” dia.
• File:1 Anvil bolster with 3 v grooves
• File:1 Wood pattern for Do.
• File:1 Iron bearing bracket two screw holes
• File:1 Smoothing plane
• File:1 Claw hammer
• File:1 Pair of snips, 11”
• File:23 Pieces of square and flat iron, various sizes
• File:22 Pieces of wire, round steel and iron
• File:1 Long piece of iron wire curved and turned up at one end
• File:1 Piece of wire turned up one end
• File:2 Pieces of wire turned up one end and back, and one end turned down, ring formed at other end
• File:1 Piece of triangular steel
• File:1 Piece of iron, 10” x ½” x ½”
• File:1 Piece of steel, 1½” x ½” x ½”
• File:3 Pieces of cast brass, two notched, one with sunk hole )
• File:3 Mahogany patterns for 3 Pieces of cast brass
• File:9 Pieces of round brass, various lengths
• File:9 piece of round brass. screwed one end
• File:1 piece of round brass reduced one end pointed both ends
• File:1 Piece of copper tubing
• File:1 Drill, screw one end
• File:1 Brass screw 12” x ¼”, plain piece 1¼” long one end, and screwed into a turned piece of boxwood the other end
• File:1 Piece of steel, tapering both ends
• File:2 Copper blow pipes, one 13” one 10” long
• File:10 Screw taps, in paper
• File:4 Flat pieces of brass, in paper
• File:Wood brace, carpenters, unsigned, Europe, 1790-1819
• File:Steel countersink bit for carpenter's wood brace, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:1 Steel key 2½” long, with square hole, in mahogany handle
• File:1 Packet of 9 springs
• File:5 Coils of steel wire
• File:5 Coils of brass wire
• File:1 Piece of brass wire, turned at tends, with two rings on
• File:1 Piece of steel 17” x ? x ?” with paper round “A small bar of Indian steel for Mr Watt from Mr Wilkins
• File:1 Bent piece of brass wire, with hook on
• File:1 Piece of iron wire, hook one end, turned to form eye the other
• File:1 Bent piece of wire, eye one end
• File:1 Piece of round steel, hook on end, square and tapering the other
• File:1 Strip of lead
• File:1 Strip of brass, curved in middle
• File:1 Strip of brass, bent one end
• File:1 Strip of copper, folded
• File:1 Roll of thin brass
• File:1 Stock 18½” long, with dies in
• File:2 Solid pieces of brass 1” x 1” x ¾”
• File:2 Curved pieces of round brass rod
• File:1 Small boxwood pulley, for bow drill
• File:1 Piece of turned boxwood ¾” dia.
• File:1 Boxwood reel 1?” x 1”
• File:1 Brass wreath, 2 pins in back, gilded, 2½” dia.
• File:1 Two Ft. boxwood scale, 1¾” wide
• File:1 Turned piece of mahogany
• File:2 Flat pieces of mahogany notched, 2¾” x 1” and 1½” x 1”
• File:1 Flat piece of mahogany, 4” x 12 with hole
• File:2 Pieces of mahogany 8” x ?” x ?” with pieces of boxwood let in, (“Square to set the tube parallel to surface of platform and to the slit”. April 1811 written on each)
• File:1 Label, “Square and round steel, brass wire, braces, steel pentograph, diminishing drillframe”
• File:7 Short pieces of wire
• File:1 Steel hand bolster, bricklayers
• File:2 Brass pulleys
• File:2 Brass pulleys in frames with screws
• File:8 Boxwood pulleys
• File:4 Boxwood pulleys, tied together
• File:1 Boxwood rule 11” long, varnished
• File:2 Brass rings with screws
• File:3 Pieces of charcoal
• File:1 Gimlet
• File:3 Flat pieces of iron two sides turned up, 2¼” x 1¾”
• File:2 Boxwood pulleys in iron frames, tied together
• File:1 Steel pulley in flat frame
• File:2 Steel pulleys in frames with screws
• File:19 Wood tool handles
• File:5 Ferrules for tool handles
• File:2½ Packets of powder for making copying ink, with two paper printed directions for mixing wrapped round the packet
• File:1 Piece of emery cloth
• File:1¼” steel firmer chisel in octagonal wood handle, by Bishop, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used in James Watt's workshop, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:1 Short steel tool, in wood handle, 10½” long
• File:15” iron double cut bastard flat file, in wood handle and ivory ferrule, by S. Bates, United Kingdom, 1758-1819. Used by James Watts’ workshop, United Kingdom, 1758-1819
• File:11” iron half-round cabinet rasp in wood handle, ferrule missing, by IP Cutle, United Kingdom, 1758-1819. Used by James Watts’ workshop, United Kingdom, 1758-1819.
• File:1 Rasp without handle
• File:9" Dovetail saw with open mahogany handle, brass back and steel blade, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:12" Carcase, or Tenon saw with open wood handle, steel back and blade, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819. Owned by James Watt. There is an indecipherable inscription stamped on the blade.
• File:1 Wood mallet
• File:1 Box 7” x 3” x 2” sliding lid containing screws and nails
• File:1 Steel chuck 4” dia. with four screws
• File:1 Drawing instrument box, empty, spring catch at top
• File:1 Box 2” dia. containing:
• File:2 Small pieces of charcoal
• File:1 Small brass paper roller, wood handle
• File:1 Gutta-percha bulb with piece of brass tube in
• File:1 Iron lathe steadying rest
• File:1 Iron lathe steady
• File:1 Iron lathe bed bracket
• File:1 Fret saw frame, wood handle
• File:4 Handles
• File:Steel bradawl with turned hickory handle and brass ferrule, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1758-1819
• File:Steel bradawl with turned wood badly split handle, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1758-1819. Bradawl has been made from what appears to be an ?-inch steel firmer chisel blade.
• File:Steel bradawl with turned hickory handle which is marked with a '2', brass ferrule and securing nut, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1758-1819
• File:Steel bradawl with turned hickory handle which is marked with a '2', heavily tarnished brass ferrule, and securing nut, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1758-1819
• File:1 Chisel 1½”
• File:3 Brad-awls
• File:19 Files with handles
• File:4 Files without handles
• File:1 Round file in handle
• File:3 Files in paper
• File:1 Piece of cast lead
• File:7/8-inch steel gouge with octagonal hickory handle, by Rowe, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used in James Watt's workshop, Glasgow, Scotland.
• File:½" steel gouge with octagonal hickory handle, by Rowe, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used in James Watt's workshop, Glasgow, Scotland.
• File:11 Gouges
• File:2 Small hammers
• File:2 Chisels
• File:1 Small Saw, brass back
• File:1 Brass gauge or scriber
• File:3 Small cutters wood handles
• File:1 Piece of emery paper
• File:6 Sets of dies, 12 pieces
• File:1 Rasp in handle
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:70 Round iron discs
• File:1 Small anvil
• File:1 Carpenters bevel
• File:1 Pair of pincers
• File:2 Steel chisels
• File:1 File, no handle
• File:1 Mahogany brass mounted gauge
• File:2 Mahogany drawer knobs
• File:1 Port-folio containing:
• File:1 Drawing of retort
• File:1 Blank sheet of drawing paper
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:3 Sketches, one on card, of Dr Swediaur’s machine 1803
• File:1 MS. Part of report of Robert McKell and James Watt (on the Monkland Canal 1769) flscp. 2pp.
• File:Drawing. 3 views of 'tablet' (saddle) and 'sliders' (fixed to saddle to register on bed) for ?reducing machine, black and red ink,16" x 9 ¾" flimsy paper, watermark. IPING/1802
• File:Drawing. 3 views of “Cross Bar” for Eidograph. dated Jany 18 1809. Black ink endorsed in red ink. 21 5/8" x 6 1/8" no watermark. Appears to be the design for the cast bar now lying in front of the cabinet of small drawers.
• File:"Drawing. Black ink, parts for reducing machine: drill frame to fit tubular bar; clamp and pulley to fit tubular bar; tubular bar; the pair of chucks in the tall cabinet.
• File:Drawing. Pencil sketch of ?wooden arms with metal end-fittings A centre-screw shown in two views. 24 ½" x 9 1/8" no watermark.
• File:Drawing. Rough pencil sketches (and 3 ink circles) for a drilling instrument. 10" x 8" no watermark
• File:Drawing. Lathe bench in ink, 3 views “J.Watt Apl 9th 1810”. 12 7/8" x 9" coarse laid paper no watermark
• File:Drawing. 3 views of 'Medallion plate' (flat chuck) with index spring; one view on one side, two on the other. “Apl 10th 1811”. 8 ¾" x 6 ¼" coarse paper, no watermark
• File:Drawing. Part of a steelyard balance mechanism. Black ink, some alterations in red ink. 21" x 14" coarse laid paper, no watermark
• File:Drawing. 2 views and cross-section of feed screw &c. of Eidograph. 22 ¾" x 15 1/8" no watermark., coarse laid paper. black ink, some pencil annotations. Also 2 views and a cross-section of a bar with palms at both ends and a lug in the middle.
• File:Drawing. 2 views and cross-section of feed screw &c. of Eidograph, Black ink. Also 4 other part-views of the arrangements for driving the feed screw: bevel wheels, quadrant plates &c. 20" x 15" probably Whatman paper.
• File:Drawing. Black ink. Longitudinal section of feed screw of eidograph and cross-section of nut, Also 2 scrap views of the end of an arm with a bolt passing through and eye. All crossed out in pencil. 20 1/8" x 3 ¾ - 4 ¼" (tapering) watermark J WHATMAN
• File:Drawing. Faint pencil layout for a drilling frame, with one circle and two arcs inked in. 15" x 13 3/8", watermark LVG, coarse laid paper.
• File:Drawing. Ink drawing with dimensions and annotations, dated Feby 16th 1810. 21 ¾" x 17 3/8", watermark J WHATMAN / 1805.
• File:Drawing. Design for a drill frame, 5 views, and drawings of 5 different drills, annotated, in black ink, with some alterations and a sketch of a follower point (?) in pencil. 15 ¾" x 9 7/8", watermark I PARSONS / 1806.
• File:Drawings of brackets to carry pulleys for driving bands. 5 views with annotations, all in black ink, and some further pencilled annotations. “Apl 26th 1809”. 15 ¾ x 10 1/8, watermark C WILMOTT / 1805.
• File:Drawing. Design for a hinged boards with pulleys for a driving band, 2 views, one of which is incomplete. All crossed through. 20 3/8" x 15", coarse unbleached paper (perhaps wrapping paper), no watermark.
• File:Portfolio (contains 41 drawings of the two Sculpturing Machines, 1804 to 1812, with separate records)
• File:4 Iron melting ladles, with melted substance in them
• File:2 Pieces of pine wood, one with slot along it.
• File:1 Piece of carpet, bound two edges, wrapped round:
• File:1 Linen curtain with brass chain sewn in two sides, and ends bound with brown holland
• File:1 Towel
• File:1 Piece of printed linen, fringe on in parts
• File:1 Piece of brown linen or calico
• File:1 Piece of brown holland
• File:1 Piece of brown and white striped calico, pieced with white, blue figured, and bound with tape at ends
• File:1 Piece of green calico with wire bent round, sewn in
• File:A crucible, 3 1/8" high. Very small chips missing from lip. Traces of fused substance within.
• File:A crucible, 3 1/8" high. Broken, with three fragments present (joins checked) but incomplete.
• File:A crucible, 3 1/8" high. Badly cracked and a small chip missing. A quantity of fused white substance within and over the lip.
• File:Small crucible
• File:Small crucible, broken
• File:Small crucible, broken
• File:Small crucible, broken
• File:1 Small basin, broken with solid red substance
• File:1 Stove, cast iron and flue
• File:1 Hearth broom
• File:1 Piece of slate, two corners cut out
• File:1 Coal scuttle, with two large and several small pieces of coal
• File:1 Poker
• File:1 Flat piece of iron curved at top with two holes, notched at bottom corners. 13¼” x 10¼” x ?”
• File:1 Piece of sheet iron. 19¾” x 10¾”
• File:1 Sheet iron plate, with hook, handle, and movable cover to hole, to make the stove a closed one
• File:1 Sheet iron plate, with half round handle, and hook
• File:1 Dutch oven
• File:1 Frying pan curved handle
• File:1 Iron table spoon
• File:1 Piece of wood 5¼” x 1?” dia.
• File:1 Iron hearth
• File:1 Sheet iron fender
• File:1 Saucepan with lip and wood handle, containing white powder
• File:1 Tin cylinder, with cap, 2’9” x 5½” dia.
• File:1 Rough piece of stone, part sawn off
• File:9 Small pieces of wood
• File:1 Screw
• File:1 Iron ornamental front for fireplace with ornamental semi-circular opening
• File:Boxe, no lid, containing: minerals, and bundle of mixing sticks
• File:Box, no lid, containing: minerals, and bundle of mixing sticks
• File:12 Engine points
• File:23 Engine points
• File:2 Wood patterns
• File:3 Engine points
• File:1 Piece of polished steel tubing
• File:1 Pointed piece of whale-bone
• File:2 Wood patterns
• File:14 Points
• File:1 Boxwood pattern
• File:12 Points
• File:1 points with piece of boxwood on point
• File:1 Screw
• File:1 Brass thumb-screw
• File:14 Points
• File:3 points brass
• File:22 points ivory
• File:1 Part of point
• File:2 Boxwood patterns
• File:1 Small piece of tin
• File:2 Points
• File:2 Pieces of brass, shaped
• File:4 Pieces of thin brass
• File:1 Piece of flat steel, ends cut out
• File:3 Pieces of brass wire
• File:1 Small brass union
• File:1 Small piece of round brass
• File:1 Bone washer
• File:1 Small brass cog wheel
• File:2 Pieces of steel rod, one 6½” x ?” one 8¼” x ?”
• File:1 Piece of steel, pointed, (?scriber)
• File:5 Pieces of ¼” round grooved steel
• File:4 Packing needles
• File:7 Boxwood patterns
• File:4 Small pieces of bone
• File:1 Wire brush in quill
• File:1 Scraper, part of old file, in wood handle
• File:1 Square piece of brass, with slot
• File:14 Cardboard washers
• File:1 Square piece of thin horn
• File:1 Round piece of lead, with hole through
• File:1 Large common pin, head separate piece
• File:53 Screws, various sizes
• File:1 Brass cup hook, screw part broken
• File:24 Screws, various sizes
• File:3 Brass cup hooks, 2 with screws and 1 with steel point
• File:5 Screwed eyes
• File:2 Nails
• File:23 Tacks
• File:104 Brads, wholes and parts
• File:29 Screws, various sizes
• File:3 Screwed eyes
• File:38 Screws, various sizes
• File:2 Brass screws, no heads
• File:1 Piece of steel wire
• File:22 Screws, various sizes
• File:4 Square headed screw bolts
• File:2 Sash screws, brass knobs
• File:83 Screws ?”
• File:1 Advertisement: Hawkin’s winter and summer door springs, 79 Gt. Titchfield Street, Mary-le-bone, London
• File:6 Large screws, various sizes
• File:1 Piece of brass, ?” long ½” dia. ?” hole
• File:2 Pieces of wood, one end covered with wash leather
• File:26 Hones, various sizes and shapes
• File:1 Piece of charcoal
• File:1 Bundle of wire, bound with thick brass wire (?burnisher)
• File:2 Pieces of pumice stone
• File:1 Large piece of cuttle fish
• File:5 Small pieces of cuttle fish
• File:1 Plain calipers
• File:1 Small spring vice, with ring on
• File:Three circular saw blades, 2?”, 2?”, 3” diameter, two with key-way slots to the spindle slots, and one with a more pronounced saw teeth set, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:1 Piece of clock spring
• File:1 Coil of fine wire in brown paper
• File:3 Boxwood patterns
• File:1 Graver, handle flat on one side
• File:1 Brass chuck, ¾” dia.,
• File:3 Bolts 1¼ “ long with washers
• File:2 Cork-screw rag extractors
• File:1 Screw eye
• File:1 Piece of steel, pointed ends 3½” long
• File:1 Round headed screw bolt, 2¼” long
• File:2 Pieces of steel, screwed one end
• File:1 Drill chuck 8½ long, in boxwood reel, for bow drill
• File:1 Drill chuck 7” long and drill, with double wood reel, for bow drill
• File:25 Small drills fixed in brass, bone, ivory and wood driving pulleys
• File:8 Wood and bone driving pulleys
• File:2 Pieces of steel, screw one end fixed in two circular pieces of brass
• File:10 Centre bits, various sizes
• File:25 Drills
• File:1 Drill, bent
• File:4 Drills, broken
• File:1 Bradawl, in handle
• File:6 Bradawls, without handles
• File:2 Pieces of brass wire
• File:1 Piece of square steel
• File:1 Piece of round steel
• File:1 Small tool handle
• File:1 Drill in brown paper
• File:2 Small gimlets
• File:1 Box labelled: “Granit” containing:
• File:9 Drills
• File:6 Small pieces of wood
• File:6 Pieces of rush
• File:4 Gouges in handles
• File:5 Gouges without handles
• File:22 Rifflers, double
• File:3 Rifflers, single
• File:1 Riffler, broken and piece
• File:1 Piece of steel, pointed both ends
• File:1 Piece of brown paper
• File:1 Piece of clock spring
• File:2 Square headed bolts 1½” long
• File:2 Pieces of pumice stone
• File:2 Gravers, in handles
• File:5 Gravers without handles
• File:23 Very small files, in paper
• File:23 Files, various sizes and shapes
• File:7 Files, in brown paper
• File:1 Small round file, in handle, broken
• File:3 Large broaches, with handles
• File:2 Small files, in handles
• File:46 Broaches, various sizes, no handles
• File:1 Broach, broken Do
• File:1 Broach, broken, in handle
• File:7 Tool handles
• File:2 Ferrules for handles
• File:1 Hack saw blade, end broken
• File:1 Piece of sand paper
• File:19 Files, with handles
• File:10 Files, no handles
• File:1 Chisel
• File:2 Tool handles
• File:1 Coil spring, wire
• File:1 Small cold chisel
• File:1 Burnisher
• File:1 Graver
• File:1 Brass terminal
• File:2 Pieces of glass
• File:1 Broken drill
• File:1 Screw plate 24 sizes, steel handle, 13” long
• File:1 Packet endorsed “Lesser letters for iron”, containing:
• File:22 Steel stamps, the alphabet less C.J.O. and V.
• File:2 Pieces of paper: One side white other side yellow
• File:1 Box labelled: “Flute tools and valves of circular engine” containing:
• File:13 Tools with lead round shank
• File:1 Sand glass, emptying in 30 sec.
• File:1 Graduated wood cover for thermometer
• File:1 Slide rule
• File:1 Brass scale
• File:9 Pieces of boxwood 3/16” sq. 13¾” long, divided and partly figured
• File:1 Piece of mahogany
• File:1 Parcel made from a paper list of parts for Boulton & Watt steam engine that is labelled: “Thermometer frames and one thermometer” containing:
• File:2 Large thermometers, bulbs broken
• File:1 Ivory scale
• File:1 Painted tin scale
• File:1 Piece of ivory
• File:Rolled paper parcel labelled “Thermometers”, but empty, James Watt, England, 1790-1819. The paper is printed with lists of parts
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, without scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, without scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, with no scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, with no scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, with no scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Thermometer, one of seven, apparently experimental, with no scales and with labels discussing their quality, three intact, one in two pieces, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Six experimental thermometers with no scales marked, two still intact, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:Rolled paper, labelled 'Spirit levels', United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:Five glass spirit levels consisting of glass tubed filled with a colourless liquid, with air space left, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1918. One tube has either lost it's liquid or never contained any, there are no visible breaks or leaks.
• File:1 Paper parcel labelled: “Slips of polished glass” containing:
• File:4 Pieces of glass
• File:Unfinished plate for compass face design with paper envelope marked 'unfinished plate for compass card', United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:Box, wooden, oval shape, containing hinges (catalogued separately under 1924-792/657) with lid, and paper packing, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:26 pairs of small brass hinges, two sizes, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819. Contained within box 1924-792/657
• File:1 Advertisement State lottery begins drawing Feb 6 1786
• File:1 Piece of paper addressed “James Watt, Esq. Birmingham” and labelled “Two thermometers and frames”
• File:9 Pieces of paper, yellow one side and white the other
• File:1 Sheet of copper, 15” x 10” with lines
• File:2 Pieces of steel 10½” x ½” x ½” in paper
• File:2 Pieces of steel 2¼” x ½” x ½”
• File:3 Large books of silver leaf
• File:1 Small book of silver leaf
• File:1 Packet of silver leaf labelled: “Silver leaf”
• File:7 Books of gold leaf
• File:5 Slips of Dutch glass, backs silvered, in packet
• File:5 Ivory scales, four plain, one divided broken, in packet
• File:Ivory scale, one of five, divided
• File:Ivory scale, one of five, undivided
• File:Ivory scale, one of five, undivided
• File:Ivory scale, one of five, undivided
• File:Ivory scale, one of five, undivided
• File:Paper packaging for five Ivory scales.
• File:5 Pieces of red glass, in packet
• File:1 Packet labelled “Quadrant Glasses” containing:
• File:2 Packets with 6 round in each
• File:1 Packet of 5 round
• File:2 Pieces of oblong glass partly silvered
• File:Two brass protractors
• File:One printing plate for printing barometer instructions for James Watt, Glasgow
• File:Barometer printing plate, brass, inscribed 'I. Watt Glasgow'
• File:1 Brass undivided sector
• File:1 Packet labelled “Quadrant Glasses” containing:
• File:1 Packet with One round red
• File:6 Packets containing 16 square silvered
• File:1 Packet labelled “Quadrant Glasses” containing:
• File:1 Packet of 5 round red
• File:1 Packet of 2 square partly silvered
• File:1 Brass plate, hard rolled
• File:4 Pieces of wire gauze
• File:1 Turned cedar case with screw top, containing glass tube with brass top
• File:3 Pounces, two black, one white
• File:1 Brass wheel on steel spindle
• File:1 Brass wheel on drill
• File:1 Screw
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:48 Pieces of ebony (X)
• File:1 Paper bag containing:
• File:26 Pieces of bone, turned with hole to fix on (X)
• File:1 Piece of ebony and bone, joined together
• File:3 Pieces of clock spring
• File:13 Pieces of ebony 7” x ½”
• File:14 Pieces of ebony, semi-circular
• File:1 Paper packet containing:
• File:56 Pieces of round long and thin bone, pointed both ends
• File:8 Pieces of round long and thin bone, pointed at one end
• File:6 Pieces of round long and thin bone, ends broken
• File:Two pairs of brass dividers
• File:1 Pencil leg for brass dividers
• File:Drawing pen in quill holder
• File:Ivory scale
• File:2 Gravers, no handles
• File:1 Graver, in handle
• File:7 Etching needles with wooden handles
• File:2 Handles
• File:1 Brass wire in brass tube
• File:1 Piece of lead, corrugated
• File:10 Large needles
• File:3 Small needles
• File:Large needle
• File:Two small needles in piece of cardboard
• File:8 Common pine
• File:9 Pieces of wire
• File:1 Piece of cork
• File:1 Eye piece, boxwood tube 2½” x 1¼” dia.
• File:238 Brass and iron screws, various sizes and shapes
• File:6 Thumb screws
• File:16 Brass nuts
• File:27 Brass washers, various
• File:4 Screws with nuts
• File:3 Pieces of brass, part of side cut out
• File:13 Pieces of brass, with holes in
• File:2 Pieces of cast brass rosettes, 1 with 4 and 1 with 3
• File:3 Brass shaped hooks
• File:4 Pieces of brass with thread cut on
• File:1 Piece of steel and brass, part of brass hinge
• File:1 Brass pulley, solid
• File:1 Thumb screw, with hole through head
• File:1 Small brass pin with pulley wheel on one end
• File:15 Pieces of sheet copper
• File:1 Piece of sheet copper as plate for “Shilling”
• File:4 Pieces of brass tubing with pins
• File:2 Pieces of shaped brass, with movable parts
• File:2 Small brass pincers
• File:2 Pieces of brass tube
• File:5 Pieces of L shaped brass with holes in, one broken, one broken and the piece.
• File:3 Pieces of copper tube
• File:1 Piece of brass slit at ends
• File:1 Spindle with cog
• File:1 Long screw
• File:6 Brass screw heads
• File:2 Pieces of copper, folded
• File:1 Piece of brass, bent
• File:1 Small steel cap
• File:4 Pieces of brass tube, with square heads, screwed inside
• File:1 Piece of shaped brass, hole through length and top
• File:1 Solid brass pin
• File:1 Piece of brass, with small wheel let in one end
• File:1 Piece of brass, with hole through crossways, and square head
• File:2 Pieces of bent brass with sealing wax on
• File:1 Piece of bent wire with sealing wax on
• File:1 Piece of twisted steel
• File:1 Piece of copper tube
• File:1 Piece of round brass, with hole in centre, and 3 screwholes
• File:1 Piece of iron, square in centre, rounded ends
• File:1 Brass ring screwed inside
• File:2 Pieces of brass screwed
• File:1 Screw bolt, square headed
• File:3 Pieces of brass wire
• File:1 Piece of flat brass with small pin
• File:1 Piece of brass wire spring
• File:1 Piece of bent brass, with 3 holes
• File:5 Metal buttons, shanks cut off
• File:1 Piece of brass with screw on
• File:1 Shutter bolt screw
• File:1 Piece of lead, funnel shaped
• File:1 Wire pin, with sliding piece on
• File:1 Piece of iron, 3 cornered
• File:1 Piece of lead
• File:1 Piece of shaped steel, with hole in
• File:4 Pieces of iron, rusty
• File:1 Piece of chain
• File:26 Pieces of brass and steel wire
• File:3 Pieces of brass wire
• File:1 Small block of ivory
• File:1 Piece of shaped ivory
• File:1 Nail
• File:1 Piece of band saw
• File:2 Common pins
• File:1 Small piece of wax taper
• File:1 Piece of screw
• File:1 Box labelled: “Centres” containing:
• File:14 Pieces of brass tubing
• File:3 Pieces of solid round brass
• File:1 Piece of flat brass
• File:1 Piece of flat brass, with 2 holes
• File:1 Piece of round brass, with 1 hole
• File:1 Piece of steel wire, with brass ring
• File:1 Piece of wire, with screwed end
• File:2 Small brass screws
• File:1 Piece of bent brass
• File:1 Wing nut
• File:1 Fancy indian box containing:
• File:1 Large flat piece of Indian ink
• File:3 Small oval pieces marked “Black No.1”
• File:3 Small oval pieces marked “Black No.2
• File:5 Small oval pieces marked “Black No.3
• File:11 Pieces of Indian ink, square and oval
• File:2 Long oval colours “Red”
• File:1 Long “Original Bistre”, corner broken
• File:1 Vermillion
• File:1 Carmine
• File:1 Round red, wafer on back
• File:2 Pieces of red crayon
• File:2 Lumps of rough black-lead
• File:11 Small pieces of black-lead, flat
• File:1 Piece of gamboge, rough
• File:3 Brushes in bamboo handles, with bamboo capsto brushes
• File:1 Bamboo cap, split
• File:1 Flat brush, in copper, and wooden handle
• File:1 Brush, rough wooden handle
• File:5 Small quill brushes, with handles
• File:13 Small quill brushes, no handles
• File:1 Brush in ferrule
• File:1 Brush handle
• File:1 Quill handle
• File:1 Brass screw
• File:1 Brass screw bolt
• File:1 Lens 1” dia.
• File:3 Tools with pointed ends, in handles
• File:1 Counter-sink, in handle
• File:2 Tools with thread cut on, in handle
• File:1 Tool shaped ½ circle end. Do
• File:1 Fine saw blade, in handle
• File:1 Cutter, 4 points in handle
• File:1 Tool bradawl point in wooden handle
• File:3 Small screw drivers in wooden handle
• File:1 Small piece of saw blade, with notched end, in handle
• File:1 Cobblers awl, in handle
• File:2 Counter-sinks, one with plain top
• File:1 Chaser
• File:1 Tool with slot end, for brace
• File:2 Screw drivers, one with broken point
• File:1 Part of old file, cutter shaped end
• File:1 Piece of brass rod, with circular ?” end
• File:1 Counter-sink made from old stamp
• File:1 Radius gauge, 7 sizes
• File:1 Box “Oilet Punches” containing:
• File:26 Figures, letters, emblems, etc.
• File:1 Packet containing 1924-792/854
• File:Small figures, 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.0.
• File:1 Box “Large figure stamps”
• File:Figure stamps of 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8. and star
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Small alphabet, except J. S. and X. duplicate W. I. and star
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Stamps 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.
• File:1 Curved stamp “I. Watt”, wooden handle
• File:Flute maker's stamp, with lead handle for producing impression of 'T. .Lot', by James Watt, Glasgow, 1758-1769
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Stamps 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.0. very small
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Stamps 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.0. small
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Stamps 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.0.
• File:3 Round leather punches
• File:1 Solid punch
• File:2 Cold chisels, one 2¾” long one 3” long
• File:1 Stamp, with two lines on
• File:1 Stamp, its point drill shaped
• File:1 Small cold chisel, 2½” x ?” x ?”
• File:3 Stamps letter O.G. and figure, 3.
• File:1 Piece of 3/16” steel rod, reduced to 1/16” at one end for ¼”
• File:1 Piece of iron rounded sides and end, 2” x 1¼” x ?”
• File:1 Small piece of ?” square rod steel
• File:1 Piece of a metal turning tool
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:15 Taps
• File:12 Pieces of round and sq. steel with screw thread at one end
• File:1 Piece of round and square steel with thread both ends
• File:2 Pieces of round and square steel with thread in middle hole at one end
• File:3 Stamps, letters S.X. and fleur-de-lis
• File:1 Engine drill
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:1 Packet containing:- 7 taps
• File:1 Packet containing:- 4 taps very small
• File:2 Steel screw plates, with handles
• File:1 Circular wire gauge
• File:13 Taps
• File:1 Tap, broken and piece
• File:1 Tap, end broken
• File:2 Drills
• File:1 Drill, in wood bobbin
• File:1 Piece of tapered steel, half die in centre
• File:1 Piece of old file, screw one end, chisel the other
• File:1 Piece of octagonal steel, rounded at ends
• File:4 Sets of dies
• File:2 Half sets of dies
• File:8 Pieces of steel, for dies
• File:1 Small circular saw ¾” dia. on spindle
• File:1 Old stock with 1 set of dies., wooden handle
• File:10 Metal turning tools, with handles
• File:4 metal turning tools with no Handles
• File:1 Piece of flat steel, in handle
• File:6 Hooks and eyes for catgut, in paper
• File:1 Piece of turned steel, with pin in end
• File:3 Knurling tools
• File:Rounded wooden box marked 'tumeric' and containing lumps of an organic substance, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box with lid, containing lumps of pale orange powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box with lid, containing brown lumps and powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing white arsenic powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box labelled 'copperas' faintly on the lid, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box containing irregular dark lumps, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, labelled 'lake', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing lumps of green verdigris, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing 'blue vitriol', a blue powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Oval wooden box with lid, containing lumps of unknown substance and labeled 'rose pink', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing dark blue lumps, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing red arsenic, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box with lid, containing hard brown lumps of 'umbre', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box lablelled 'minimum', containing two lumps of a mineral, one black and white and one red, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Four peices of broken box consisting of one broken box and two bases, one broken in two, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Paper packet, tied with string, labelled as containing 'coculus indicus', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Paper packet tied with string, labelled as containing 'umber lumps', tied with string, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Paper packet tied with string, labelled 'indigo, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet labelled as containing 'precipitate of Prussian blue', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:One unmarked packet of crumpled paper, containing lumps of red powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet of 'Epsom Salt', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet labelled as containing 'maddr ep. salt', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet labelled 'cochenilla', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet containing epsom salt, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet labelled 'epsom O', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Three bundle-shaped objects, probably paint strainers, solidified with their contents and tied at one end, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:A tree gall, some surface missing, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet of white powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Paper packet labled 'loose various colours', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Box, Tragacanth (Orchal)
• File:1 box chalk
• File:1 box Puzzolana
• File:Rounded wooden box containing two lumps of a traslucent orange substance, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 box G Arabic
• File:1 box Rotten Whin near Morays Hall
• File:Round wooden box of powdered glass, labelled 'window glass', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 box Benzoin
• File:1 box Amber
• File:1 box Verditer
• File:Paper packet of emery, tied with string, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 box Gum Ammonia (empty)
• File:Paper packet of Manganese, tied with string, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:1 Packet Baluskus
• File:1 Packet Chinese glue
• File:1 Packet Oyster shells
• File:1 Packet Red and yellow Botany Bay resins
• File:1 Packet Ox galls
• File:1 Packet Ornoto
• File:1 Packet Salt of Bx and 1780 May
• File:1 Packet Chinese Carthamus
• File:1 PacketNative silver Konigsberg
• File:1 Packet Botany Bay gum, yellow
• File:1 Packet Vermillion powder
• File:Newspaper packet, tied with string with label reading 'Blue', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Packet Tragacanth, (Orchal)
• File:1 Packet Rose pink
• File:1 Packet Small seed pods
• File:Paper packet tied with string, labelled as containing 'Blue Stone', Watt, James, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:4 Seed pods
• File:2 Pieces of brimstone
• File:1 Piece of Mahogany
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:7 Packets of dies marked: 14 double, 30, 41, 22, 82, 57, and 58 Blank. (13 dies in all) 1 Box containing:
• File:8 Sets of dies
• File:5 Taps
• File:1 List on cardboard 1 to 9
• File:1 List on paper
• File:8 Taps various, in paper
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:26 Taps
• File:1 Tap broken and piece
• File:1 Half of a die
• File:1 Wire gauge
• File:1 Stock with dies in, wooden handle
• File:1 Stock with dies in, and 2 sets of dies in paper attached
• File:1 Stock, steel, with 2 sets of dies in
• File:1 Stock with brass setting screws
• File:1 Polished steel handle screwed at end
• File:1 Tap
• File:1 Iron washer, thick
• File:1 Screw plate with 5 screw holes
• File:80 Pieces of rush
• File:13 Pieces of sand paper
• File:1 Camels hair brush, with handle
• File:1 Piece of leather
• File:1 Piece of wood
• File:3 Pieces of beeswax
• File:1 Piece of skin
• File:2 Pieces of tortoise-shell
• File:2 Pieces of iron
• File:1 Piece of brass
• File:16 Packets, 1 in each
• File:1 Packet of 2
• File:1 Packet of 3
• File:1 Packet of 4 labelled magnifiers
• File:1 Packet of 7
• File:6 Optic glasses
• File:7 Pieces of optic glasses
• File:2 Pieces of silvered glass, in paper
• File:1 Packet, hairs for telescopes on round piece of wood
• File:1 Piece of flat spring steel, round paper
• File:1 Cap oxidized, for telescope
• File:1 Shaped piece of brass, hole in
• File:3 Pieces of iron
• File:1 Piece of brass wire (ring)
• File:3 Pieces of paper
• File:1 Watch glass
• File:2 Blow pipes
• File:1 Blow pipe, end off
• File:3 Pieces of blow pipes
• File:2 Pieces of thermometer glass tubes
• File:Pulse glass, glass blow curved hooked pipe with bulbous reservoir end.
• File:Pulse glass, glass blow curved hooked pipe with bulbous reservoir end.
• File:Spirit level, glass blow pipe.
• File:Spirit level, glass blow pipe.
• File:1 Glass tube, cork in end, piece of divided paper on outside
• File:1 Brass spirit level case
• File:1 Piece of silvered glass
• File:30 Seed pods
• File:7 Pieces of seed pods
• File:1 Box containing grey powder
• File:1 Box, no lid
• File:3 Box lids
• File:23 Auger bits
• File:8 Centre bits
• File:4 Counter-sinks
• File:1 Screw-driver
• File:2 Pieces of brass, with hole through length
• File:1 Box, Fine washed zafire
• File:1 box Antimony yellow
• File:Rounded wooden box containing green lumps of glass and labelled as containing 'w glass', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 box Washed zafire
• File:1 box Cobalt, best
• File:Rounded wooden box containing pale blue glass-like lumps od uneven shape, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:1 boxSmalt
• File:Round wooden box containing bone ashes, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 box Magness washed
• File:1 boxStibium
• File:1 box Putty
• File:1 box Cobalt
• File:1 box Delft glass with potash
• File:1 box 2 Lumps of dark metal
• File:1 box No label ? powdered glass
• File:1 box Marked: Gold (Empty)
• File:1 Packet, Fine gold, 4/6 24 grs
• File:1 Packet, Glass of phosphorous
• File:1 Packet,White powder, No label
• File:1 Packet, 1 Piece of china
• File:1 Packet, Washer
• File:Folded paper packet containing white powder, tied with string and labelled 'flint glass', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box containing white powder and lablelled 'flake white', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box labelled 'trip' and containing dark red/purple powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box labelled 'bile' and containing a red powdery lump, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box containing 'brass solder', crumbled pale-golden metallic fragments, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:Rounded wooden box containing a red lump of sniny substance, labled 'gum boage', James Watt
• File:Round wooden box, containing grey powder, labelled 'clock silvering', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box containing blue powder, labelled 'Smalt', Jamed Watt, Untied Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rouded wooden box containing a very fine, jet-black powder, labelled 'ivory black', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box containing crumpled paper and red powder, labelled 'best lake', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Rounded wooden box, empty, with traces of white powder, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Round wooden box, empty, labelled 'bought', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Box with broken lid, empty but lined with tissue paper, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet tied with string, with 'white powder' written on in pencil, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet, held together with a pin, containing small stones, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Paper packet, tied with string, labelled 'soft stone', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Folded paper packet of printed paper, tied with string and with label reading 'white powder', James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Seven peices of stone and slag, loose in drawer, two white, two red and three black, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Boxwood scale, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1758-1769. Used by James Watt in his Glasgow workshop.
• File:Boxwood scale, unsigned, United Kingdom,
• File:Boxwood scale, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1758-1769
• File:1 Brass sector
• File:1 brass sector, not separated
• File:1 Brass straight-edge, bevelled one side
• File:1 Piece of ivory, with “Fine, stormy, rain, kapetal, A.B.L.L.C.” written on it
• File:3 Small steel set-squares, with brass stocks, on one stock is engraved “J Watt”, “J.W.” and Figures, by James Watt, United Kingdom, 1758-1819
• File:17 Pieces of brass
• File:2 Pieces of brass, shaped with hole at each end
• File:1 Piece of copper, with piece of zinc soldered on
• File:4 Pieces of iron
• File:1 Narrow slip of ivory
• File:1 Piece of boxwood
• File:1 Brass oval ring with 4 holes in
• File:4 Pointed pieces of steel
• File:4 Small brass screws
• File:1 Brass hinge
• File:1 Flat piece of steel, with hole, and teeth on one edge
• File:1 Small steel tool, in wooden handle
• File:1 Metal casting of head of Homer, Roman
• File:1 Packet of 6 weights
• File:1 Packet of 7 weights
• File:1 Packet of 8 weights
• File:1 Packet of 9 weights
• File:2 Packets, coil of wire in each
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:4 Pieces of copper wire
• File:4 Pieces of steel wire
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:4 Pieces of steel wire
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Small round pieces of copper with hole in centre and small steel links
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:Impression in sealing wax of “J.W.” with an eye and “Observare” over
• File:1 Ivory turned, plain seal, upper part unscrews, top missing
• File:1 Piece of paper, 10 gr
• File:1 Piece of brass, with 2 scrolls cut out
• File:22 Pieces of cast lead, 2 marked 205
• File:2 Pieces of lead
• File:1 Piece of lead, with J. Watt and Co, reversed, cut in
• File:3 Pieces of copper, lacquered
• File:2 Pieces of copper
• File:1 Steel chisel
• File:1 Piece of thermometer glass
• File:1 Pearl button
• File:1 Piece of rough ivory
• File:1 Piece of glue, in paper
• File:1 Piece of copper-foil
• File:2 Pieces of tin-foil stamped twice J.F. in circle
• File:2 Rushes
• File:3 Pieces of brass
• File:1 Piece of iron
• File:1 Packet, Cobalt precipitate
• File:1 Packet, Fusible stream tin
• File:1 Box, Bronze dust
• File:1 Piece of paper, “March, April, May, 22.9.4. 9.10.10”
• File:4 Cutters
• File:1 Wood pattern, for cutter
• File:7 Packets of putty
• File:2 Pounces
• File:1 Piece of rag
• File:Steel hand reamer with a hooked tapered end, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Without handle. Used for reaming out flute bodies.
• File:Steel hand reamer, inscribed with a capital 'A', by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Without handle. Used for reaming out flute bodies.
• File:1 Double spanner, brass
• File:1 Single spanner, brass
• File:3 Brass plates, with portions screwed on
• File:2 Wire draw plates, 1 Heavy 1 Light
• File:1 Brass screw bolt, with piece of tube on head
• File:1 Brass casting, round and square, hole through centre
• File:1 Centre bit, with lead round it
• File:3 Brass bellows nozzles, with curved cross pieces
• File:1 Piece of rush
• File:1 Two sided cutter, with screwed end
• File:1 Box, “Stocking needles” containing:
• File:43 Single needles
• File:14 Pieces of needles
• File:4 of 2 each in metal holder
• File:1 of 4 in metal holder
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Five pieces of white Wedgwood ware, one slab marked “top B”, wrapped in brown paper and marked with a 5, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Memo. “These are fired by 80 degrees of Wedgwood’s thermometer.
• File:Packet containing
• File:Three pieces of white Wedgwood ware, wrapped in paper, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Memo. “These are fired by 55 degrees of Wedgwood’s thermo.”
• File:Paper packet containing white powder, tied with string, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:One piece of Wedgwood ware, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Twenty-six flat rectangular white pieces of Wedgwood ware, James Watt, Untied Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:38 Specimens unnamed
• File:1 Menro Moor
• File:1 Arran
• File:1Coppery coal from Gourock
• File:1 Berfoil
• File:1 Packet, “Quartz melted by lightning at Packington.”
• File:1 Packet “Quartz melted by lightning at Packington.” Empty
• File:1 Pounce
• File:1 Piece of beeswax
• File:1 Piece of red chalk
• File:1 Box “Dollar Ore”
• File:1 Box “White Bronze”
• File:Various small pieces
• File:1 Packet “Bismuth and tin crystallised in mercury”
• File:1 Packet “Cover of Bovey coal”
• File:1 “Fossil, Charcoal off Pit coal”
• File:1 Native Bismuth
• File:1 Cobalt
• File:37 Specimens unnamed
• File:1 “Fire stone, Islay”
• File:1 “Forrest of Bochaleter”
• File:1 “Granite spar”
• File:1 “American China stone”
• File:1 “Schorl Arran”
• File:1 “Aberdeen”
• File:1 “Ross Trever granite fusible”
• File:1 “Water of Calder Monkland”
• File:1 “Avenmouth”
• File:1 “Elvan from the Wrekin”
• File:1 “Cornish soap rock”
• File:Various small pieces. ? chips of above specimens
• File:1 Oval box “Steatites near Greenock”
• File:1 Round box “ Steatites Greenock”
• File:1 Oval box “Talc solaire from Pippin”
• File:1 Packet “Powder of adamative spar from Dr Lind”
• File:1 Packet “Adherant to tin slags”
• File:1 Packet “Elvan clay from the Wrekin”
• File:1 Packet “Regulus of cobalt from Mr Cooper”
• File:1 Packet “Lignum fossile islandicium valgo sarbarbrand, Mr Saml. Wyatt”
• File:1 Packet “Asbestus”
• File:1 Packet “Nickal from Mr Cooper”
• File:1 Packet “Calcd. Granite”
• File:1 Packet “Curious charcoal copper ore”
• File:1 Piece of wood, no label
• File:1 Skein of wool
• File:1 Bundle of wool
• File:1 Ball of wool
• File:2 Pieces of flannel
• File:4 Pieces of lead
• File:1 Part of brass ring
• File:6 Pieces of paper, yellow one side, white the other
• File:1 Piece of paper, brown, with wax on
• File:1 Piece of pearl
• File:1 Piece of wood
• File:1 Piece of lead, marked A.B.
• File:2 Lumps of brimstone
• File:1 Lump of wax
• File:1 Head of Minerva, in wax
• File:Various pieces of chalk and wax
• File:1 Packet “Silver”, fine
• File:1 packet “Superior Prussian blue”
• File:1 packet “Best Prussian blue
• File:1 packet “Dark Verditer”
• File:1 packet “Best green Verditer”
• File:1 packet “Supposed Nichel”
• File:1 packet “Yellow Ochre” not labelled
• File:1 packet “Bundle of fine muslin, black
• File:1 Box “Teeth from Louearly Field fought 1160”, containing 3 human teeth and portions of jaw bone
• File:1 Box“Best Shellac”
• File:1 Box “Brazil”
• File:1 Box “Native copper from Gourock” 2 large, several small pieces and dust
• File:1 Box 57 Pieces and chippings of (?broken cup)
• File:1 Box 1 Large lump and dust, brown colour
• File:1 Box “Tortoise Shell” 143 pieces, 1 piece of tortoise shell
• File:6 Fossils, unnamed
• File:1 fossil “Linley, near B. Castle
• File:1 fossil“Watling Street”
• File:1 fossil “Cobalt from Jarlsberg near Dram in Norway from Ed Chapman” with card as follows: E.W. Chapman’s compts. to Mr Boulton” etc. “Mr Walker” (This name written by Mr Watt on the card)
• File:2 Small sieves, one without gauze
• File:2 Hand cards 9½” x 5½ one without gauze
• File:1 Piece of iron sq. one end octagonal the other, 7½” x 1”
• File:2 Bars of lead, 9” x 2” x 1¼”
• File:1 Iron mould, with handle, 16” x 1¾”
• File:1 Iron Bar 36” x 3½” x ¾” one sq. hole each end, and 2 brackets with bolt and nut centres
• File:2 Stay bars 3’ x 3¼” x ?” each with 2 bolts and washer at ends 1 bolt and 1 washer missing
• File:1 Round arm, iron, 23” long ½” dia. hole ¼ 2 sq. at one end
• File:1 Box no lid, containing:
• File:1 Box with 2 portions of perspective apparatus
• File:4 Boxes for P.A., empty
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:2 Portions of P.A.
• File:3 Thumb-screws, brass
• File:1 Piece of brass tubing, screwed one end
• File:3 Brass portions of apparatus
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:2 Portions of P.A.
• File:2 Thumb-screws
• File:1 Piece of brass T shaped screwed bottom end
• File:3 L shaped pieces of brass, screw hole in
• File:1 Shaped piece of brass, with spring on end for fixing on front inside
• File:1 Brass screw, flat top with brass screw and nut through top.
• File:1 Box, lid broken, containing:
• File:1 Part loose fitting in bottom of box
• File:1 Piece of wood with thumb-screw and two shifting pieces of brass, screwed to
• File:Wood, on
• File:1 Brass cog wheel
• File:1 Small box
• File:1 Part of P.A. attached to bottom
• File:2 Thumb-screws
• File:1 Brass screw
• File:1 Piece of brass tubing screwed one end, and piece of lead pencil in
• File:1 Piece of brass tubing, screwed one end with piece on
• File:1 Piece of shaped brass, with 2 holes in head, and movable cover to holes
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:3 Parts of P.A.
• File:1 Part of P.A. with “J. Watt Glasgow Invt. Fecit” on one brass bar
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:4 Parts of P.A. with “J. Watt Glasgow Invt. Fecit” on one brass bar
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:8 Parts of P.A. with “J. Watt Glasgow Invt. Fecit” on one brass bar
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:2 Parts of packet
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:11Parts “J. Watt Glasgow Invt. Fecit” on one brass bar
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:15 Parts “J. Watt Glasgow Invt. Fecit” on one brass bar
• File:1 Packet containing parts
• File:Perspective drawing apparatus, incomplete, missing drawing board and tripod, in integral mahogany case, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1760-1770. It is signed in the same way and in the same style as 1924-792/1309/2 and 1924-792/1309/3.
• File:A circular dividing plate, for laying out angular graduations on small instruments, showing signs of having been made by a workman (perhaps Watt himself) for his own use, and of some, but not much, subsequent use, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819
• File:A turning chisel for softwood, WARD CAST STEEL, ½ inch, handled.
• File:A turning chisel for softwood, T.STONES CAST STEEL, 1 ¼ inch, handled.
• File:A drill for wood, no mark, ~3/16 inch, handled
• File:A drill for wood, no mark, ~7/16 inch, handled.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, outside, to match the first (coarsest) guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, inside, to match the first (coarsest) guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled. The pair to I2.26.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, outside, to match the second guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, inside, to match the second guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled. The pair to I2.28.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, outside, to match the third guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled.
• File:A screw tool or “chaser”, no mark, inside, to match the third guide screw on the lathe mandrel, handled. The pair to I2.30.
• File:A narrow mortice chisel, no mark, the tip broken off, handled.
• File:A crudely-forged iron or steel tool, handled. The tip has been abraded. Perhaps a tool for dressing the grindstone.
• File:A fine flat file, mark SB, with a cork driven on to the tang.
• File:13 turned hardwood tool handles, mostly with brass ferrules but some are iron. These, and the handles on the tools above, are bought commercial articles.
• File:1 Wooden screw press
• File:Mahogany “Damping well” lined with zinc, lids covered with zinc with brass knobs, one well empty, the other containing sheet of paper adhering to plaster and two clean sheets of copying (Part of Watt’s copying machine)
• File:Mahogany “Damping well” lined with zinc, lids covered with zinc with brass knobs, one well empty, the other containing sheet of paper adhering to plaster and two clean sheets of copying (Part of Watt’s copying machine)
• File:Piece of wood 11” x 2¼” x 1¾”, with one side partly cut out
• File:Piece of wood 11” x 2¼” x 1¾”, with one side partly cut out
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 32” x 1?” x 1?” with steel T piece at one end, two movable steel attachments with thumb-screws
• File:1 Piece of steel 31½” long ¼” sq. triangular one end, the other end forked and turned backed, ?part of app. for dividing scales
• File:1 Box of 10 cylinders papered with figures, 2 papers loose, ? calculating machine
• File:1 Grooved disc 3½” x ½” dia. covered with chamois leather, with wooden handle
• File:1 Small box lid
• File:1 Box 21½” x 5” x 3¼”, empty
• File:1 Box no lid containing:
• File:14 Long glass tubes
• File:1 Curved tube with ball at end, ball broken
• File:Two spherical glass bulbs with one curved tube emerging from each, for bleach making, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Piece of tube curved
• File:2 Pieces of tube V shaped
• File:1 Piece of tube bent on end
• File:1 Long piece of tube, zig zag on end
• File:1 Long piece of tube, bulb on end, sealing wax the other
• File:1 Long piece of tube, double bent and bulb one end
• File:1 Piece of tube, bulb off, in paper
• File:6 Thermometer glasses, in paper
• File:1 Thermometer glass, with sealing wax on one end
• File:Pear shaped glass bulb with a curved tube from the top, and a straight one from the bottom, both tube ends broken off, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:3 Broken pieces of tube
• File:3 Pieces of wood on box serving as lid
• File:Glass carboy containing liquid
• File:Glass carboy containing liquid
• File:1 Wooden box no lid, 27¾” x 2½” x 2¼”
• File:1 Piece of wood T shaped, brass pulley in bottom, piece of wood hinged on top
• File:1 Piece of wood T shaped, with 4 wood bearing brackets one end, and hinged piece the other end
• File:1 Piece of zinc
• File:1 Piece of cardboard
• File:1 Rope with hook at each end
• File:2 Pieces of flat wood, with lines painted on one side
• File:1 Box 13” x 9½” x 12” containing:
• File:1 Large brass elbow
• File:1 Small brass elbow
• File:1 Piece of iron, turned end
• File:1 Piece of brass tubing, in brass screwed cup
• File:1 Large brass cog wheel, with spindle
• File:1 Piece of cast lead, 4” square, with hole in each corner
• File:1 Piece of brass with cup, zinc cover soldered round cup
• File:Three-way cock, a valve for admitting and exhausting gas in a steam engine. Taken from the contents of the private workshop of James Watt from his house of Heathfield, Birmingham, where he lived from 1790 to his death in 1819.
• File:1 Brass tap, piece of zinc tubing attached, with wire handle
• File:1 Tapered solid piece of brass for tap
• File:1 Piece of brass tubing, with collar on
• File:1 Brass crimping machine, 2 steel handles, and boxwood stand, in paper addressed “Mr. James Watt Harpers hill, Birmingham
• File:Packet
• File:56 letters and figure punches
• File:F lead type punch
• File:F lead type punch
• File:A lead type punch
• File:4 Brass casting cups, 1 with wax in
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:Three curved rectangular form brass castings, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. These castings were intended as the vanes of a small rotary steam engine.
• File:1 Winch handle
• File:1 Spanner with 4 holes
• File:Curved brass casting with one cylindrical and two flat faces, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Used as the divider of the drum of a rotary steam engine.
• File:1 Brass plate curved at sides and 7 holes in, with 6 semi-circular upright pieces onsides, 3 with 1 hole each and 3 with 2 holes each
• File:Brass casting, roughly cylindrical in form but with three sinkings in the cylindrical surface, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819. Used as the hub of a small rotary steam engine.
• File:1 Piece of steel 4¾” long with one edge shaped
• File:1 Keg, wormeaten, containing plaster of Paris
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:26 Pieces of marble, stone, etc
• File:1 Packet of yellow powder, some loose
• File:Lathe
• File:1 Vice fixed to Lathe, with punch attached by piece of string
• File:1 Stool
• File:1 Brass chuck in lathe, with spindle and plaster wheel
• File:2 Spanners
• File:1 Tool rest
• File:2 Racks, with 4 bottles, one with card round it, invitation to dinner of Civil Engineers, Friday 13th of Aug. 1797
• File:2 Pairs of tongs
• File:2 Pairs of calipers, one with rack adjustment
• File:2 Pairs of compasses, one with rack adjustment
• File:1 Zinc telescope, with brass eyepiece
• File:1 Brass protractor. broken
• File:3 Iron wood screws
• File:1 Piece of brass rod, with screw and tapered end, hollow one end
• File:1 Fine file, in handle
• File:1 Coarse file, in handle
• File:2 Handles
• File:1 Boxwood reel
• File:2 Feathers
• File:1 Screwdriver iron, with T handle
• File:2 Hammers
• File:1 Piece of bent wire
• File:1 Piece of round steel
• File:1 Small anvil
• File:1 Zinc box 2¼” x 2” dia. containing ? coarse emery powder
• File:1 Brass lamp with shade, and wick holder
• File:1 Ivory handle plate brush
• File:1 Iron washer
• File:2 Claw pieces
• File:1 Claw piece with thumb-screw
• File:1 Piece of steel, trefoil head one end and segmental piece on the other
• File:1 Piece of steel, turned round one end, and sq. piece on the other
• File:1 Piece of half round wood, hollowed inside
• File:4 Pieces of wood
• File:1 Box containing:
• File:1 Round piece of brass
• File:85 Lenses
• File:8 Pieces of lenses
• File:10 Concave glasses ground on outside
• File:1 Watch glass
• File:18 Small lenses, in paper
• File:1 Small lens, in paper
• File:5 Large lenses, in paper
• File:1 Piece of mahogany
• File:1 Small mahogany thumb piece
• File:1 Box labelled “Camera and other glasses, focus and mirrors” CtG
• File:1 Sheet of paper
• File:1 Sheet of silvered glass, in paper
• File:1 Sheet of ground glass, in paper
• File:1 Piece of plate glass labelled “Plate glass Sept. 1801” in paper
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:13 Round glasses
• File:2 Square glasses
• File:2 Pieces of plaster of paris, in paper cast in bowl
• File:1 Lump of chalk
• File:1 Piece of china
• File:1 Slip of wood
• File:1 Lens 4¾”
• File:1 Lens 3¼”
• File:1 Lens 1½”
• File:1 Potters wheel
• File:1 Piece of oak, with 2 strips and 2 blocks on
• File:1 Grindstone
• File:1 Block of wood
• File:Range of shelving, consisting of 6 divisions, 6 shelves in each
• File:White ceramic jar with leather lid, labelled “Smyrna Lizari”, unsigned, United Kingdom 1790-1819.
• File:Jar “Powd. Flints”
• File:Jar “Shumach”
• File:Jar “Indian Borax”
• File:Jar “Iron Turnings”
• File:2 Jar “Tincal”
• File:Jar “Bird-lime”, brown jar paper cover
• File:Jar “Mercury”, urn shaped brown jar
• File:Jar Marked “L” (? Plaster of paris”)
• File:Jar “Flour Emery” tin lid
• File:Cream ceramic jar labelled “Logwood”, containing paper scraps, unsigned, United Kingsdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Jar White powder ( ? plaster of paris)
• File:Jar Containing: 2 packets in paper labelled “Old Extract” also piece of paper
• File:Jar “Roman Alum”
• File:1 Jar Label indistinct, parchment cover fastened
• File:Jar “Calcined Wad”
• File:Jar “Natural Wad”
• File:Jar “Min. Alkali impure”
• File:Jar “Safflower
• File:Jar “Blue stone”
• File:2 Jar “Gum Ammi”
• File:Jar Marked “3” white powder
• File:Jar No label ? Gum
• File:Jar No label, white and green substance
• File:Ceramic jar with lid, containing brown plant flakes, labelled “Argal”, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Jar “Sedve. Salt”, paper packet inside
• File:Jar “Blue vitriol”
• File:Jar “Saltpetre”
• File:Jar Brown powder, label indistinct
• File:White ceramic jar with lid, containing white powder, labelled “Sachm. Saturni”, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:Jar Brown substance, no label
• File:Jar “Umber”, packet of powder inside, rough plaster lid
• File:Jar “Borax”, rough plaster and brown earthenware lids
• File:Jar “Tin Shavings”
• File:Jar Marked 5 inside jar is piece of letter dated Oct. 14th 1808. “Supposed Fluor spar passerded”
• File:Jar “Litharge”
• File:Jar “Admirabulans”, (12 and 3 pieces)
• File:1 Jar “Cream Tartar”
• File:Jar “Shellac”
• File:Jar “Husks” ? no label
• File:Jar “Dark red powder, paper cover fastened
• File:Jar Red substance, no label
• File:Jar “Com. Emery”, 1 lb weight for lid
• File:Jar “Glauber Salt”
• File:Jar Brown powder, round earthenware lid
• File:Jar “Red lead”
• File:Jar “Seed Lac”, packet inside “S Lac. preceipt. from OV”
• File:Jar “Mastic”
• File:Jar White powder, no label
• File:Jar “Red Ochre”
• File:Jar A root, no label
• File:Jar “Indian borax”
• File:Jar White powder, no label
• File:1 Jar white substance, marked 7
• File:Jar “Asphaltum” blue and white lid
• File:Jar “Brazil”
• File:Jar Black powder, label indistinct
• File:Jar Brown substance, label indistinct
• File:Jar “Pomegranate”
• File:1 Large piece of stone
• File:8 Pieces of pumice stone
• File:1 Piece of thin lead, 11” x 1”, now broken in 3 pieces
• File:1 Piece of steel 7¼” x 1” x 1”, Sq. one end octagonal the other
• File:1 Iron ring, with broken piece of wood attached
• File:1 Teapot lid 3½” dia. knob missing
• File:5 Pieces of broken slate
• File:1 Round piece of slate 4” dia. with hole in centre
• File:1 Piece of rough cast lead
• File:1 Brown basin containing: brown paper cover, 2 coils of wire
• File:1 Wood screw tap, with wood handle
• File:2 Pieces of sheet iron 15” x 8½”, 2 holes in each, paper on one side
• File:1 Cast iron frame, shaped
• File:Cone shaped pulley, 5 grooves, 12” dia.
• File:Cone shaped pulley, 5 grooves, 12” dia.
• File:On nail: 1 Plate brush with handle
• File:On nail: 1 Mahogany frame
• File:1 Steel ring with 3 eyelets and 3 short pieces of chain
• File:1 Brass chain ring, with 3 small pieces of chain attached
• File:1 Marble pestle
• File:1 Marble mortar
• File:1 Pot, with handle, “Hard pitch”
• File:1 Metal stand shaped, weighted with 2 lead balls, one levelling screw. ? Stand for level
• File:1 Bundle of chains
• File:1 Brown jar, paper cover, label indistinct
• File:1 White pot, marked “10” containing: white powder, no lid
• File:1 Broken Bowl, containing
• File:White powder
• File:1 Piece of marble
• File:1 Piece of rough wood
• File:1 Small crucible
• File:1 Small round box
• File:1 Marble mortar, 4” dia. with 4 projections
• File:1 Oval box, pink powder
• File:1 Piece of tin, folded
• File:1 Large mortar, 12” dia.
• File:1 Glass pestle, 10” long
• File:1 Piece of ?” copper pipe, bent, with tap
• File:1 Small drill in reel
• File:7 Pieces of rush
• File:1 Large dish full of a mineral
• File:7 Tool handles in paper
• File:1 Jar “Gum Opal”, no lid
• File:2 Iron urns, 7” high
• File:1 Piece of charcoal
• File:1 Piece of rough cast lead
• File:2 Pieces of flat marble
• File:1 Piece of spar
• File:2 Iron weights, 6” dia. 2½” deep. iron hook on one.
• File:2 Steel hooks
• File:1 Pounce-bag, kid and leather, containing white powder
• File:2 China basins 3½” dia.
• File:1 Saucer containing: 13 Pieces of wax, one piece with “Sul 3 Wax” and one piece with “I” on
• File:2 Wax casts, 1¼” dia. of horses in relief
• File:1 Piece of marble, 3” x 2” x ½”
• File:1 Piece of round wood, tapered end, 6” long
• File:1 Pot with handle, containing pitch
• File:1 Bundle, “Leather shavings”
• File:1 Copper vessel, dome shaped, 5¾” dia.
• File:1 Set of beam scales with 7 weights
• File:1 Box 2’ x 1’1” x 6 ½” containing plaster of paris
• File:1 Leather apron lined with check cloth
• File:1 Towel
• File:1 Bundle of 23 cardboard labels
• File:1 China water bottle, 10” high
• File:1 Small plate, 7½” dia.
• File:1 Earthenware jar 8” x 8” containing:
• File:1 Pocket lens, 2 powers in horn frame, broken
• File:1 Piece of round hollow wood )
• File:4 Brass telescope eye pieces ) Tied together with string
• File:1 Brass union )
• File:1 Piece of wood screwed )
• File:1 Box 2” dia. containing Black powder
• File:1 Boxwood wheel 1¼” dia.
• File:1 Steel faceplate, with piece of wood attached 2½” dia.
• File:1 Steel faceplate, 3” dia.
• File:1 Cone shaped boxwood pulley, 4 grooves
• File:6 Pieces of glass
• File:5 Small brass rings )
• File:5 Small brass washers ) Tied together with string
• File:35 Pieces of blue glass, in part of cardboard box 5” x 3” x ?”
• File:1 Combined zinc retort and ladle, hole in ladle
• File:1 Round piece of brass 4” x ¼”
• File:1 Round piece of wood 5½” x 1½”
• File:1 Brass band 4½” x 1½”
• File:1 Round piece of steel, 6 “ x ?”
• File:1 Glass funnel without shank, heavy section
• File:1 Glass funnel with shank, light section
• File:1 Packet “Borax”
• File:1 Packet “Ores of Middleton Tyas”
• File:1 Packet “Sedt. rough borax”
• File:1 Packet “Coal pitch”
• File:1 Packet “Scotch black lead”
• File:1 Packet “Tripoli”
• File:1 Packet “Brimstone”
• File:1 Packet “Greens”
• File:1 Packet “Spanish brown”
• File:1 Packet “China clay”
• File:1 Packet “Piece of tin addressed “Js. Watt Esq.”
• File:1 Packet “Smyrna madder”
• File:1 Packet “Blue vitriol”
• File:2 Large pieces of leather
• File:1 Plaster bust of boy
• File:1 Plaster bust of boy, head missing
• File:1 Piece of sealing wax, 4” dia., broken
• File:1 Brass rosette with pin, 3” dia.
• File:2 Pieces of iron chain
• File:1 Bundle of drawing paper, cardboard etc.
• File:4 Bundles of brown paper
• File:1 Roll of brown paper
• File:1 Bundle of drawing paper
• File:1 Bundle of brief paper
• File:2 Sheets of cardboard
• File:1 Sheet of brown paper
• File:1 Roll of oiled paper
• File:2 Iron urns 7” high
• File:6 Plaster moulds
• File:Plaster mould
• File:1 Plaster mould
• File:1 Plaster mould
• File:Plaster five-part arm mould, inscribed with 'antinos' on one side and rebated at one end, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:1 Plaster mould
• File:1 Piece of rough plaster
• File:Part of four-part plaster split mould, face and front of neck of James Watt, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:Part of four-part plaster split mould, rear of head and neck James Watt, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:Part of four-part plaster split mould, side of head, neck and shoulder of James Watt, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:Part of four-part plaster split mould, side of head, neck and shoulder of James Watt, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:1 Large jar, ctg: white powder, piece of paper, plate for lid
• File:2 large jar, ctg: white powder, piece of paper, black round top
• File:1 large jar, ctg: white powder, piece of paper, broken, “Old plaster mixed with alum water will set”
• File:1 Large Jar, 2 lids, “Fresh plaster A Apl. Ist. 1818, jar broken
• File:1 large jar “Fresh plaster B Apl. Ist. 1818”
• File:1 large jar Plaster of paris, lid with piece of catgut
• File:3 Weights, iron, 4¾”, 4”, and 3” dia.
• File:Large plaster mould (740mm in height).
• File:1 Oil bottle
• File:1 Glass pestle, 7” long
• File:2 Carboys
• File:1 Packet containing: 43 Pieces of wood
• File:3 Pieces of cardboard, engraved on, indistinct
• File:1 Core box, 4” x ¾” core
• File:1 Piece of sealing wax 2½” x ?”
• File:Wooden turning key for a stringed instrument, by James Watt, Glasgow, 1758-1769
• File:1 Round piece of plaster, cone shape, 7” long 4½” at base
• File:1 Statuette, arm broken off, and arm
• File:1 Piece of tapered wood 4” x 12 to ?”
• File:1 Packet “Mica”
• File:1 Packet “White powder”
• File:1 Packet “Compn. Mouldings”
• File:1 Packet “Aurum Musivum”
• File:1 Packet Sample of China clay
• File:1 Packet “Eiseuman”
• File:1 Packet “Grain Tin”
• File:1 Packet “Parker’s Cement”
• File:1 Packet “Suppd. Tin Stuff”
• File:1 Packet Backs for letter cases rejected
• File:1 Packet Animal charcoal
• File:1 Packet “Red Sanders”
• File:1 Packet Resin
• File:1 Packet Bone Powder
• File:1 Packet Shining Sand
• File:1 Packet “Water of Ayr Stone”
• File:1 Packet “Parchment Shavings”
• File:1 Flat piece of mahogany, 9” x 1¾” x ?”
• File:1 Piece of marble, 4½” x 2½” x ?”
• File:1 Zinc box, 3½” x 2” dia.
• File:1 Piece of boxwood , 3” x 1” dia.
• File:1 Piece of mahogany, 5” x 1?” dia. flat one end with hole
• File:1 Wood scale, 14” x ¾” x ¾”
• File:1 Double folding rule, 6½” long when closed
• File:1 Paper packet containing:
• File:1 Piece of zinc tubing
• File:1 Small piece of chain
• File:1 Piece of zinc folded
• File:1 Agate burnisher
• File:1 Small brush in quill
• File:1 Wire staple
• File:1 Tap
• File:2 Pieces of tortoiseshell, screwed together, marked “J. Wise”
• File:3 Small files, in paper
• File:3 Pieces of ½” glass tubing
• File:1 Piece of glass tubing for thermometer
• File:1 Small box, pipe clay
• File:1 Mould in 3 pieces
• File:1 Piece of talc
• File:2 Metal syringes, one 9”, one 4” part missing
• File:1 Paper packet containing:
• File:1 Book of gold leaf, labelled: “Direction cards, various”
• File:1 Book of silver leaf
• File:1 Piece of wood with 7 holes, 8½” x ¾” x ½”
• File:1 Oil stone, 7” x 1½” x 1”
• File:1 Piece of steel, 13½” x ¾” x 3/16”, 2 long screws in, and piece of brass on end
• File:1 Piece of steel, 6¾” x ¾” x 3/16”, 1 long screw in, and piece of brass on end
• File:2 Strips of oak, 15” x 1” x 3/16”
• File:1 Old ?” gouge, in handle
• File:1 Turned piece of wood, 3½” x ½”
• File:8 Narrow strips of tin
• File:1 Piece of tin folded
• File:4 Iron clips, 3” x ?”, 4 holes in each
• File:1 Bundle of plaster of paris
• File:2 Plaster moulds
• File:1 Piece of wood, 7” x 2” x ½”, with double pulley and drum on
• File:1 Pattern, wood
• File:3 Pieces of turned wood
• File:2 Pitchers with handles, “Fine black Japan”. “1 pint of best black Japan” on one.
• File:1 Iron key, T shaped
• File:1 Piece of wood, 2” x 1¼” x ¼”
• File:1 Section of plaster mould, tied with string
• File:Four-part plaster leg, knee, shin and foot split mould, held together with string, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819 (see note)
• File:Three-part plaster split mould used for the production of plaster cast urn 1926-1075/305, by James Watt, Birmingham, England, 1790-1819
• File:1 White jar, plaster of paris, no lid
• File:1 Cast in paper
• File:3 Casts tied together
• File:1 Cast in 3 parts
• File:2 Pieces of plaster
• File:1 Large round earthenware dish containing:
• File:Plaster of paris
• File:Various pieces of ditto
• File:1 Wood chuck
• File:1 Box labelled: “Mr James Watt” etc. containing:
• File:2 Unfinished quadrants with spare parts
• File:1 Pearl shell
• File:1 Earthenware jar, Alabaster dust
• File:1 Crucible 10” x 5½ dia. filled with pieces of plaster
• File:1 Iron roller 12” x 4½” dia. handle one end
• File:1 Piece of string
• File:2 Small pieces of sq. wood, tied to ends of piece of string
• File:1 Box 7”x 7” x 6½” no lid, “Terra Ponderoso” containing:
• File:14 Specimens
• File:1 Wooden pattern composed of: 2 wooden bands with 2 uprights attached, supporting elevating table, 1 leg broken
• File:1 Bundle of tow
• File:1 Packet, tied to wood lid, addressed “James Watt, Harper hill, containing:
• File:1 Brass plate 8?” x 8?” x ½” for grinding glasses
• File:1 brass plate 6?” x 6?” x 7/16” for grinding glasses
• File:1 brass plate 4” x 4” x ?” for grinding glasses
• File:1 Lead plate 6” x 5¼” x ½” with 4 holes
• File:1 Lid of box 10” x 4” x ?” addressed “James Watt, Heathfield
• File:2 Pair of joiners cramps, one screw in each
• File:1 Paper packet containing:
• File:2 Single pulleys 1½” dia. in iron frames
• File:1 Piece of gauze
• File:1 Box 7” x 7” x 3” labelled: “Iron dividg. Plates, containing:
• File:2 Face plates
• File:2 Steel centre pieces. Above box addressed “J. Watt Esq.” etc.
• File:1 Piece of oak, hand mirror shape, with piece of iron screwed on circular portion
• File:4 Pieces of wood, 3 are mahogany
• File:1 Piece of brass 4” x 1” x 1/16” with figures stamped on, 2 holes in corner
• File:3 Core boxes, two 4” x 2” one 4” x 1½”, ¾” round cores
• File:1 Piece of paper
• File:3 Pieces of oak 7” x 1?” x ?” )
• File:3 Pieces of oak 3”x 1¾” x 3/16” ) tied together with string
• File:3 Pieces of oak 2?” x 1¾” x 3/16” )
• File:1 Mahogany pattern, 15” x 3” grooved one side
• File:1 Iron casting from Do
• File:1 Piece of rough granite
• File:1 Earthenware jar containing brown powder
• File:1 Brass wheel 15” dia. with 2 packets tied to spoke, one containing piece of steel, the other 4 brass screws
• File:3 Oval pieces of mahogany 4½” x 3½” with sq. hole in, one side paper diagram, ?cams for sculpture machine
• File:4 Specimens, 1 Borax, 1 Ornamental plaster, 1 Flat plaster, 1 Rough marble
• File:1 Paper packet containing, 10 patterns, various
• File:1 China plate broken containing: various pieces of marble
• File:Plaster of paris etc
• File:9 Pieces of wood, various
• File:2 Pieces of bark
• File:1 Hazel walking stick, broken
• File:1 Piece of wood, with small pieces of wire in
• File:1 Wood box 12” x 10” x 3” containing:
• File:1 Mahogany arm with movable eye piece, 2 parts
• File:1 Piece of brass tube 1¼” x ?” with movable piece, containing eye piece
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 8½” x 1½” x ?” small brass swivel handle attached
• File:1 Wood box 10½” x 9” x 8” containing:
• File:Steel filings or emery powder ?
• File:2 lumps of mineral, in paper
• File:1 Wood box 18” x 13” x 10” containing:
• File:1 Bust of James Watt, with plate and tube attached for fitting in proportional machine
• File:1 Childs head and hand in marble, small
• File:5 Pieces of paper
• File:1 Piece of flat iron 16” long, eccentric shape, with 8 holes
• File:1 Zinc vessel with inner canister, with extending pipe and two conical receivers
• File:2 Zinc cans with handles, one 9” x 6” one 12” x 3”
• File:1 Zinc tube 7” long, 4½” and 3½” at ends
• File:1 Zinc vessel 18” x 5” closed one end, 3 tube projections and wire with winch handle through centre
• File:2 Pieces of plate glass, 7¼” x 7¼” x ½”
• File:2 Pieces of plate glass, 6¼” x 6¼” x ½”
• File:1 Pieces of plate glass, 6½” diam. ½” thick, broken
• File:1 Marble, colour palette, 6” x 4” x 1?”, with 4 wells
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 12” x 2½” x 1”, slotted down centre, widened one end on which are iron attachments
• File:2 Zinc discs 7” dia. painted white one side, with broad red line across centre
• File:1 Whet stone, 8½” x 1¼” x 1¼”
• File:1 Wood pattern, octagonal hole in centre, 10 pieces of wood mortised on it
• File:1 Piece of wood 9½” x 6” x 1”, two holes in, and strip nailed on edge forming a slot
• File:1 Piece of wood 16” x 10¾” x ¾”, with small piece on one edge
• File:1 Piece of wood 16½” x 10¾” x ¾”, with 3 pulleys on
• File:2 Paint brushes
• File:1 Box addressed G Watt, Soho Birm. 9” x 5” x 4 ¾”, no lid, contg:
• File:In paper “One part of Cachedemalia, that has been stewed sufficiently to have stonified it, if it had not been stubborn”
• File:In paper “Part of a bottle that was bedded in sand placed in the coldest part of the glass arm”
• File:In paper “Stewed 20 times without sand after stonification”
• File:In paper“Part of the glass Muller completely stonified”
• File:In paper “Part of the stonified bottle from which the specimen that was 20 times stewed was detached”
• File:In paper “Part of a bottle that was placed in a crucible, without sand, in the coldest part of the glass arm”
• File:In paper “Rowley rag, that had been converted into glass, and then passed through the glass arm”, in two pieces one broken off the other
• File:In paper “Part of a black glass Muller moderately stewed, the top part was not covered with sand
• File:In paper “No name, A small piece of Quartz ?
• File:1 Specimen, brown colour
• File:1 specimen glass, rough exterior
• File:2 Sharpening stones
• File:1 Penknife, horn handle, blade broken
• File:1 Portion of machine, with iron base 13” x 4¼”, with sq. thread screw 13” long fitted at one end with 3 bevel wheel reversing gear. One movable piece on long screw, two movable pieces on base.
• File:1 Wood pattern of portion of machine on shelf 3, in 2 parts
• File:1 Wood pattern 2¾” long with Three projecting pieces covered with zinc between projections, small print one end
• File:1 Sharpening stone, 14” x 3½” x 3½”
• File:1 Iron trussed frame for sculpture machine
• File:I Iron frame for sculpture machine
• File:1 Iron trussed frame for sculpture machine
• File:15 Pieces of marble, various sizes and shape
• File:2 Pieces of iron, 10¼” x 10¼” x ½”, eight screw holes in one two in the other, centre of plate sunk on one side only
• File:1 hand sieve 12” dia.
• File:1 Wood model of crane, with 1 pulley attached
• File:3 Coils of wire, different gauges, tied together
• File:1 Weapon like a knobkerry, 4” ball cord covered, 14” wood handle
• File:Framed truss for sculpture machine, wood
• File:Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine
• File:Wood and iron truss for sculpture machine
• File:Piece of mahogany 1’8” x 2” x ?”, half lapped forming a + with pieces of brass let in
• File:Piece of mahogany 1’8” x 2” x ?”, half lapped forming a + with pieces of brass let in
• File:1 Piece of ?-inch copper tubing, bent, with broken piece of cork attached by string
• File:1 keg wormeaten and broken containing:
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 3’5” x 5¾” x 1”, with slot in centre 2’8½” x ¾”, 9½” wide one end, 9 ½” piece screwed on other end
• File:1 Piece of deal 3’5” x 8” x 1”, with slot in centre 2’8½” x 3” widened one end
• File:1 Piece of deal 2’1½” x 1” x 1”, halved one end
• File:Octagonal wooden telescope with slot down one side and moveable eyepice, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1790-1818.
• File:2 Round sticks of mahogany 3’8” x ¾”, brass mountings one end, and brass top with two pulleys XXX
• File:2 Round sticks of mahogany 3’7” x ¾” with one pulley. XXX
• File:2 Pieces of lead piping 3’4” x ?” XXX
• File:1 Piece of copper piping 3’2” x ?” XXX
• File:1 Piece of copper piping 5’ x ?”, bent at end XXX
• File:1 Tripod, surveyors, 5’ long, pointed iron ferrules, brass mountings on top, one leg broken, James Watt, United Kingdom, 1790-1819.
• File:1 Box 2’10¾” x 13” x 7½”, addressed James Watt Esq. Heathfield “Patterns from Soho Foundry, belonging to reducing machine” containing:
• File:25 Wood patterns, various
• File:1 Iron casting 5¾” x 5”, two projecting pieces one side
• File:1 Box 3’10” x 13” x 9½”, no lid, one brass handle on end and one on bottom. Resting on
• File:1 Wood pattern
• File:1 Flat piece of wood, triangular shape
• File:1 Cardboard tube, 2’2½” x 1¼”
• File:1 Wood tray 2’6½” x 1’9½” x 1½” resting on last box, supporting Pieces of paper, (obviously waste)
• File:2 Brass pulleys 2½” dia. mounted on 2 wood brackets
• File:1 Box lid addressed: James Watt Senr Esq. Heathfield
• File:1 Brick 9½” x 4½” x 2½”
• File:1 Quarry 9” x 7” x 1¾”
• File:1 Piece of zinc tubing 5’7” x 1¼” )
• File:1 Piece of zinc tubing 6’ x ¾” )
• File:1 Equal sculpture machine described as the eidograph or copying machine, consisting of wooden stand with treadle motion supporting two heads one for the copy and the other for the work. A blanced frame with feeler and cutters commands the heads. 1 Stool
• File:4 Weights attached to chain at back. 2 joined, one 4” dia. one 7 lb
• File:2 Pieces of mahogany, 2’8” x 1” x ¾”, and 1’8” x 1” x ¾”, one with two pieces of lead fastened to it by thumbscrews
• File:1 Mahogany figure partly carved, on face plate in machine
• File:1 Pink check pad for head, tied to trussed frame
• File:1 Double face plate to hold work, one has piece of marble on
• File:1 Circular face plate 3” dia. with arm for attaching it to machine
• File:5 Spanners, four single, one double
• File:2 Pair of pincers, 10” and 6” long
• File:1 Cast of half face of bust of J. Watt 9” length (WRITTEN NOTE SAYS 'Matthew Boulton after Death')
• File:1 Reduced copy of Cast of half face of bust of J. Watt in marble 3” x 2½”, broken
• File:1 Iron casting, scroll with figure of woman blowing a horn, on piece of slate for bed, 6”
• File:1 Copy of 1 Iron casting, scroll with figure of woman blowing a horn, on piece of slate for bed, in marble on marble slab fixed to
• File:Iron face plate
• File:1 Circular plaster medallion, Mr Watt with peruke, 4” dia.
• File:1 Reduced copy of Circular plaster medallion, Mr Watt with peruke 2” dia. reversed
• File:1 Small medallion bust (?Murdock) on cardboard, broken and parts missing
• File:1 Oval plaster medallion 3¾” x 3¼”, Cupid reclining
• File:1 Medallion 5” dia. child on eagle flying, damaged
• File:1 Piece of marble 4” x 2¾”, various sinkings
• File:1 Piece of plaster octagonal ends
• File:2 Steel face plates 4” dia. with movable clamps, one with wax on
• File:1 Steel face plate 3” dia. with curved arm for attaching it to machine
• File:2 Steel gauges, centre hole each end, size 14½” x ¾” x ¾” and 8½” x ½” x ½”
• File:1 Cast-iron slide, surfaced top and bottom with steel horns 12” x 1” x ¼”, probably intended for above machine
• File:1 Beam compass, mahogany arm, brass sliding pieces, one piece engraved “J. Watt”
• File:1 Reduced bust of James Watt in plaster, 6½”, lower part unfinished
• File:1 Screwdriver
• File:1 Wax medallion 1½” dia. of horse, on cardboard
• File:1 Wax medallion 1½” dia. bust of man, half missing
• File:2 Pieces of marble 2½” x 2½”
• File:1 Piece of plaster, 2” dia.
• File:1 Pointer in working arm of machine
• File:1 Cutter in working arm of machine
• File:1 Wood face plate 14”, between machine centres
• File:1 Iron face plate 8”, between machine centres
• File:Wooden table on trestles with 2 drawers
• File:Plaster bust of James Watt, “P. Turnerelli Fecit 1807”
• File:Plaster cast, half face of James Watt, 13”
• File:Plaster bust, painted, of John Rennie / Francis Legatt Chantrey, 1818
• File:Piece of mahogany, 9” x 1¾” x ½”
• File:Brass syringe, 7” x 1¼”
• File:Crystal models, 175 of a set of 200 showing the Basic mineralogical shapes as described by Carl Immanuel Löscher in the mid 1790s, and illustrated in a developed form in his publication “Beschreibungen Kristallisationen” of 1801
• File:Plaster cast (part of ) marriage of Cupid and Psyche, broken
• File:Lead cast
• File:1 Rough piece of wood, 1” x 1” x ¾”
• File:1 Boxwood pulley, 1¾” dia. broken
• File:1 Wood pattern “A” tapered 5¼” x ½” to ?”, with curved piece on narrow end
• File:1 Gutta percha bulb
• File:1 Double boxwood pulley with pin through, 2½” dia.
• File:2 Pulley brackets, pine wood, 5¾” x 1¾” x 1”
• File:1 Iron spoon
• File:1 Steel graver, wood handle
• File:1 Cotton reel, 1½” x 1¼”
• File:19 Pieces of glass, in paper
• File:1 Brown paper cover of The Arminian Magazine Jan. 1795
• File:1 Brass spirit level, empty with 4 brass screws, 4” x ½”
• File:1 Box, no lid, containing: 118 boxwood prisms (see note)
• File:Boxwood prisms, 144 of a set of 154, showing the Transitions shapes from Carl Immanuel Löscher’s 1796 edition of 'Bescreibungen Kristallisationen'
• File:1 Brass pulley bracket, 3 screw holes, 3” x 2” x ?”
• File:Piece of brass 2½” x 1½”, round one end with square hole through round part
• File:1 Small brass tapering cup, ?” dia.
• File:2 Half round brass moulds, 2” and 1¾” dia.
• File:1 Piece of plaster
• File:1 Piece of marble 1” x ½”
• File:1 Round tapering piece of wood, hole in large end, Size: 2?” x 1?” to ?”
• File:2 Oak galls, in paper
• File:1 Piece of ornamented iron 1½” x 1?” x ¼”, countersunk hole at back
• File:1 Pair of folding wedges with teeth and roller
• File:1 Box 4’2” x 6¾” x 4¼”, containing:
• File:Apparatus for dividing scales
• File:1 Box, 2 divisions, lid split in two and labelled: “Brass wheel, glass cylinder mounted in brass and one plain, Mr Watt’s room”. Containing:
• File:1 Piece of 1/16” brass wire 4” long
• File:1 Small crank made from 1/16” brass wire
• File:1 Glass cylinder 3¾” x 2½” x ?”
• File:1 Glass cylinder as above, mounted between 2 brass plates enclosing a brass cylinder. (?surface condenser)
• File:1 Piece of wood 5” dia. hole in centre
• File:1 Flat piece of marble 4” x 2½”, in paper
• File:1 Oak pulley bracket 4” x 3”
• File:2 Oak brackets 5½” x 2” x 1”, one with 2 screw holes, one with 2 holes and screw
• File:1 Bust 5½” of Chaucer. ?
• File:1 Large hammer
• File:1 Piece of wood 1¼” x 1” x 1”
• File:2 Curved pieces of wire 3½” x 1/16” and 6” x 1/16”
• File:1 Half round piece of broken glass, thinner on one edge 4” x 1¾”
• File:1 Iron hook, 2”
• File:1 Single ?” spanner 7” long
• File:1 Metal syringe 9” x 2½”, screw nozzle, wood handle
• File:1 Brass intermittent 6 wheel counter for hundred thousands
• File:1 Curved double headed spanner 7” long ?” and 1”
• File:1 Piece of wood, 6½” x 3” x ½”, brass pulley attached
• File:1 One oz. weight
• File:1 Piece of iron 5” long, round, square, and octl., ?” Sq.
• File:1 Piece of tapering iron ?” to 1/16”, 7” long, hook on one end, eye the other
• File:15 Iron, wood screws, various sizes
• File:1 Nail
• File:1 Piece of wood, broken in centre, 13” x 1” x ½”
• File:1 Piece of zinc 2” x 2”
• File:1 Wood Lions head, “Spring 1809”
• File:1 Piece of ?” wax taper folded 7 times
• File:1 Box 8½” x 7” x 2½”, containing:
• File:4 Pieces of wire
• File:1 Curved piece of wire
• File:1 Round piece of cardboard
• File:1 Cardboard washer
• File:1 Round piece of steel, notched
• File:1 Square piece of steel, notched
• File:2 Steel pointed chisels, metal turning
• File:1 Piece of square steel, pointed one end
• File:4 Pieces of steel, round and tapered
• File:1 Piece of leather
• File:1 Piece of ¾” Zinc tube
• File:4 Flat pieces of steel
• File:2 Pieces of thin brass
• File:2 Broken files
• File:4 Pieces of rough marble
• File:1 Piece of china gilt edge and gold “3”
• File:1 Piece of plaster
• File:3 Pieces of rush
• File:1 China colour pan
• File:11 Wood patterns
• File:6 Pieces of wood
• File:1 Key handle, end tuned up with knob
• File:2 Clock wheels
• File:2 Parts of clock wheels
• File:1 Cardboard box containing:
• File:5 Flat pieces of steel
• File:1 Tapering piece of oak
• File:2 Rushes
• File:1 Quill
• File:3 Pieces of wire
• File:1 Piece of wire, eye one end
• File:1 Round piece of brass with point
• File:1 Piece of ivory
• File:2 Pieces of brass pointed ends with thread on
• File:2 Round pieces of brass
• File:1 Broken screw
• File:1 Piece of brass with thread on
• File:1 Piece of screw bolt
• File:3 Pieces of steel with screw on
• File:8 Pieces of round steel with tapered ends
• File:2 Long pieces of round steel with tapered ends
• File:1 Cardboard box containing:
• File:1 Round piece of ivory
• File:1 Flat pointed piece of steel
• File:3 Round pieces of iron thread one end
• File:1 Round pieces of iron thread whole length
• File:3 Pieces of round steel pointed one end
• File:1 Piece of wire pointed one end
• File:1 Piece of wire 4 points at end
• File:2 Pieces of steel wire
• File:2 Pieces of brass wire
• File:1 Piece of brass thread both ends
• File:5 Pieces of steel tapered one end
• File:4 Steel tools single point
• File:1 Cutter double point
• File:1 Cutter four points, 1 point broken
• File:1 Brass tool three points
• File:2 Round pieces of brass with hole in
• File:1 Bent nail
• File:5 Seed pods
• File:7 Strips of glue
• File:1 Oval brass plate “J. Watt and Co” (from a copying machine)
• File:1 Lead wheel in brass frame
• File:1 Packet 5 pieces of white china partly gilt
• File:1 packet 5 Pieces of coal
• File:1 packet “Potato starch”
• File:1 packet “Dying extract New Spain”
• File:1 packet “Perfect glass” Ctg: 15 small round glasses
• File:1 packet 3 pieces of glue
• File:1 packet Brown powder
• File:1 Piece of bees wax
• File:1 Piece of sealing wax
• File:1 Piece of glass in square piece of wood
• File:1 Round brass spirit level
• File:1 Piece of paper “Best manganeses triturated”
• File:1 Piece of paper “Lycopodium”
• File:1 Letter from J. Woodward dated London Street 17 Jany. 1797
• File:1 Box 8½” x 6” x 5” containing:
• File:In drawer 1 Packet of 5 pieces of gilt and white china
• File:Back divn 1 Packet Agate shell
• File:1 Turned button, shaped piece from same
• File:1 Piece of cardboard with needle, darning needle and bodkin, cotton wrapped round
• File:1 Piece of white leather
• File:Front divn 1 Lancet, tortoiseshell frame and cardboard case
• File:1 Piece of steel tubing
• File:3 Pieces of glue
• File:1 Piece of glass tubing
• File:2 Spring chain swivels
• File:2 Steel brace buckles
• File:1 Piece of slate
• File:Top partition 1 Bar of lead 8½” x 1¼” x ¼”
• File:Back divn 10 Quills )
• File:5 Quill pens ) tied together
• File:2 Round pieces of cardboard
• File:2 Pieces of leather
• File:4 Pieces of leather, some paper, calico strips and linen, stuck together
• File:1 Top of pepper castor
• File:1 “Memorandum for London”
• File:Right divn 1 Oval box of wax, and some loose wax
• File:2 Small brushes in quills, wood handles
• File:1 Piece of charcoal
• File:2 Rolls of cloth bound with string
• File:Second divn 2 Pieces of buckhorn
• File:1 Small trowel
• File:1 Steel modelling tool, for plaster
• File:1 Spokeshave
• File:2 Flat pieces of tortoiseshell
• File:1 Piece of ivory with part of knife blade in
• File:1 Flat piece of wood
• File:1 Round piece of wood
• File:1 Hank of cord
• File:1 Brush, wood handle
• File:1 Brush, handle bound with string
• File:1 Piece of round glass
• File:Third divn 1 Sponge
• File:5 Leather washers
• File:1 Piece of ivory
• File:3 Pieces of ivory, ? seahorse
• File:1 Round strip of gutta percha
• File:5 Steel modelling tools
• File:1 Brush, reed handle
• File:1 Brush, wood handle
• File:1 Quill pen
• File:1 Piece of tortoise-shell
• File:1 Scraper in wood handle
• File:1 Strip of linen
• File:Left divn 1 Piece of plaster with thread inside
• File:1 Flat piece of steel, edges turned up, 1¾” x 1¾”
• File:1 Steel centre, in paper, 1?” long 3/16” dia.
• File:3 Boxwood pegs with half round tops
• File:1 Thin flat piece of ivory with writing on, 8” x ?”
• File:1 Drill chuck for lathe 4¼” long ¾” dia.
• File:8 Steel drills, in paper
• File:1 ¾” Spanner 7” long for above drill chuck
• File:1 Iron split key 3½” long
• File:2 Small lathe tool rests
• File:2 Steel lathe carriers with thumb-screw in each, one 1” one ¾”
• File:3 Drill chucks for lathe
• File:1 Lathe centre, with L shaped adjustable driver, and square headed screw
• File:1 Lathe centre, without the driver, with sq. headed screw in
• File:1 Steel centre for wood turning
• File:Drawer on right end of table: Empty
• File:1 Box, no lid, 1’10” x 14½” x 8” containing:
• File:5 Gimlets stuck in bundle of straw
• File:6 Pieces of marble
• File:3 Pieces of plaster
• File:2 Whetstones, one broken
• File:2 Pieces of slate
• File:4 Pieces of brick
• File:2 Wood screws
• File:1 Box lid “Madder on ink” 6½” x 3”
• File:1 Round piece of mahogany 4¼” dia.
• File:1 Lump of salt
• File:1 Fossil
• File:2 Pieces of spar
• File:1 Piece of black marble
• File:1 Piece of resin
• File:1 Lump of red chalk
• File:1 Small piece of leather
• File:1 Piece of blue glass
• File:1 Bottom of tumbler
• File:1 Piece of rough cast lead
• File:1 Strip of wood, with resin on broad end
• File:2 Files
• File:1 Wood pattern (I)
• File:1 Steel bolster, for anvil
• File:5 Pieces of white substance
• File:1 Box lid 5¾” x 5¼” x ?”, “James Watt Esq. of Heathfield. Mr Boulton’s Warehouse, Livery Street, Birmingham”
• File:1 Coil of wire
• File:1 Piece of catgut
• File:1 Box, with folding lid 2’10” x 1’ 4½” x 7½”, with key, containing:
• File:6 Wide strips of lead, doubled
• File:11 Strips of lead, various sizes, 10” x 1½” downwards
• File:2 Flat pieces of steel with paper on, 6” x 1½” x 1/16”
• File:1 Round tin case with cap, 14” x 2”
• File:1 Zinc box with black substance in, 4” x 3¾” x 3¼”
• File:1 Piece of iron tube 11½” x 1¼”, tapered each end to ¾”
• File:1 Wood pattern 4” x 4” with piece fitted on by 4 brass pins
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 5” x 5” x 1”, hole in each corner
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 5” x 5” x ½” hole in each corner
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 5” x 5” x 1” hole in each corner
• File:1 Iron casting 5” x 5” x ¼” ) in paper
• File:2 Pieces of 3/16” copper tubing, curved, joined together
• File:1 Mahogany spindle of chair, 14½” x ¾” dia.
• File:1 Piece of iron tubing 2’ x ½”
• File:1 Piece of iron tubing 2’5½” long tapering from 1¼” to ¾” dia.
• File:1 Copper cylinder syringe shape 12” x 1¾”, with copper tube 19” x 3/16” and bolt attached, piece of wire down cylinder
• File:3 Bent pieces of iron rod )
• File:1 Piece of iron rod screwed both ends, in letter to ) Tied together “James Watt Esq.” from Wm Bingley, Aug 1st 1795 )
• File:1 Piece of iron rod, screw one end
• File:2 Pieces of bent copper tubing ?” x ?” dia.
• File:1 Piece of copper tubing with tap, and bent piece soldered on
• File:1 Piece of round iron )
• File:1 Strip of wood ) Tied together
• File:2 Pieces of copper tubing, 22” long ?” dia.
• File:2 Pieces of bent copper tubing joined to straight piece of iron tubing
• File:3 Wood screws
• File:1 Piece of iron 2’ x ?” x ?”, square piece 3 ½” x 1½” x 1½” one end, ring the other
• File:1 Piece of whale bone 35” x ?” x ?”
• File:2 Pair of tongs 2’3” long
• File:6 Pieces of steel, and one strip of wood, tied together
• File:3 Pieces of wire
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 12” x 2” x 1”
• File:1 Deal pulley bracket 6½” x 4½”
• File:1 Brass universal joint, with piece of wood attached
• File:3 Pieces of mahogany, one 11” x 2” x 1½”, two pieces 8” x 2” x 12, fastened together
• File:By two long screws and nuts, thumb-screw in centre of top piece
• File:1 Steel bar 2’6” x 1” x ?”, pointer on one end, V shaped cut the other
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 8” x 8” x ½”, with piece attached
• File:1 Piece of deal 12” x 3½”x ?”, parts cut out
• File:1 Box 2’9” x 1’3” x 5 ½”, no lid, containing:
• File:6 Augers with rings for handle to fit in
• File:1 Boxwood pulley 1½” dia. in iron frame
• File:3 Flat files in handles (various sizes)
• File:2 Round files ?” in handles
• File:1 Round piece of iron 1’5½” x ?”, flat one end with pin in
• File:Tapering piece of steel 12” long, reduced one end
• File:Piece of steel 5¾” long, shoulder in centre, and tapering to the ends
• File:Piece of iron 1’9” x ¼” sq. screwed each end, with nuts
• File:Piece of iron 10” x ?”q. screwed each end, with nuts
• File:Steel ¼” sq. hole key in handle, 5½” long
• File:Gimlets branded “H.V.” 3½” long
• File:Round piece of steel 6½” x ¼”, screw one end, hole the other
• File:Graver 3/16” sq. 5¼” long
• File:Bent piece of steel, with screw through both ends, and brass knob to screw
• File:Bristle brush with brass ferrule, flat handle
• File:Wooden mandrel for turning of flutes, with middle joint of a flute, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:1 Piece of wood 2½” x 2½”with wooden screw in
• File:1 Boxwood router 2½” x 1” x 1”
• File:1 Piece of brass 2” dia. hole in centre, and shifting cover to hole
• File:Flute foot-joint end by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:1 Wood pattern 4” x 1¼”, flat one end with hole
• File:1 Tool handle
• File:Head joint from flute, roughed out internally with a reamer, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:2 Pieces of shaped iron, forged, joined together by 2 bolts each end, with brass nuts, 6½” x 1½”
• File:Large divn. 2 Wood tool handles
• File:Flute, foot-joint, with slot cut for flute key, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769
• File:1 Auger handle 8” long
• File:2 Pieces of wood 11” x ½” x ½”, screwed together, with strip of brass between
• File:1 Small screwdriver in handle
• File:2 Pieces of mahogany 1’11¼” and 1’9½” long, for beam compass
• File:1 Strip of oak 1’3¾” x ?” x 3/16” )
• File:2 Strips of copper 1’6¾” x ?”, one partly divided ) tied together
• File:1 Piece of mahogany 10¼” x ?” x ?”, Octl. one end
• File:1 Piece of brass 1’3¼” x ¾” x ?”, with sliding piece 2” x 1¼” x ¼” screwed on
• File:1 Pulley 2¼” dia. on tapering spindle, with 3 milled ball cutters, by James Watt, Glasgow, 1758-1769. Used for undercutting three finger-holes in flute bodies.
• File:3 Wood tripod heads 3¼” long with brass ferrules, screwed
• File:1 Piece of sheet iron 1” x ¾”
• File:1 Boxwood router 2½” x 1” x 1”
• File:1 Wood pulley 3½” dia. on bracket 5” x 2¼”, four holes in Bracket
• File:1 Piece of wood tube 2¼” x ¾”
• File:1 Brass casting 5¾” x 5¾” x ½”, 25 round holes in
• File:1 Thin piece of brass 6¼” dia. in paper
• File:2 Open segmental pieces of brass 7¾” x 5”, three strips across
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 Folding portion of perspective apparatus
• File:1 portion of perspective apparatus with pencil holder
• File:1 Long beechwood arm, with brass pin at end
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 Segmental piece of narrow brass
• File:3 Segmental piece of narrow brass with groove in and bevelled, small holes at top
• File:1 Brass hinge, no holes for screws
• File:2 Fourway brass castings
• File:2 Round pieces of brass with knob at top, one with screw in
• File:1 Piece of brown paper
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 Boxwood and brass folding tool, with two knobs, hole in each knob, 12½” long when folded
• File:1 Boxwood pulley 2” dia. in frame with screw
• File:1 Boxwood router, unfinished, 3” x 1¼” x ¾”
• File:1 Iron bolster for anvil 1¾” x 1½” x 1½”
• File:1 Movable piece of brass for compass beam, fitted with comb shaped cutter, 11 teeth
• File:1 Curved dinner knife
• File:5 Ivory balls, two 1¾” dia. one 1?” dia. two 1½” dia.
• File:1 Brass key hole plate 2½” x 2”
• File:1 Piece of wire spring 1½” x ¾”
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:7 Shell bits for brace
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 File
• File:1 Small screw-driver
• File:2 Broaches
• File:1 Packet containing:
• File:1 File, flat
• File:1 Small screw-driver
• File:Mahogany strip brass pin gauge with eight pins, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Used for positioning the drilling of flute finger holes. Possibly a B ? flute similar to RCM 326 FL 6.
• File:Long mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Used for positioning the drilling of flute finger holes. Used as markers for body part of D flute, for 3 + 1 finger holes and one marking end of joint.
• File:Short mahogany strip brass pin gauge with five pins, by James Watt, Glasgow, Scotland, 1758-1769. Used for positioning the drilling of flute finger holes. Used as markers for body part of D flute, for 3 + 1 finger holes and one marking end of joint.
• File:Three 5 pin gauges: markers for lower body joint, marking key hole, three finger-holes and body end. For D flutes (slight variations).
• File:Gauge with eight pins arranged 1-3-3-1: Mark little finger-holes on foot joint, six more holes and the top of body for piccolo like RCM 763.
• File:Gauge with two pins arranged in two different directions: Long span gives length of left-hand joint (upper). Shorter span gives length of right-hand joint (lower). External measurements of body parts for D flute.
• File:Long gauge with four pins: Marks one joint three + one finger-holes, for F flute
• File:Long gauge with three pins: Finger-holes and fipple-hole for galoubet RCM 65 – pipe to go with drum
• File:Two short gauges with four pins: Mark three finger-holes and key-hole for lower joint and foot of D flute like RCM 326 FL/ 4"
• File:1 Piece of round iron, sunk one end, 1?” x 1¼” dia.
• File:1 Large piece of marble
• File:1 Piece of Calc spar
• File:1 Wooden trestle with bearings
• File:1 Large piece of sole leather, 19” x 10½” irregular
• File:1 Oval piece of mahogany, square hole, covered with paper one side, 4” x 3¼”
• File:1 Heart shaped piece of mahogany 4½” x 4”, square hole in.
• File:1 Block of wood, oak corners cut out
• File:1 Flat piece of wood 6½” x 3” x ½”, brass pulley with cord octagonal piece of marble one end, piece of rope the other
• File:6 Flooring brads, from floor of Watts Workshop, at Heathfield
• File:HAIR TRUNK containing books and papers of Gregory Watt, 30” x 14” x 11”
• File:Printed books and pamphlets
• File:1 Linguae Latinae Exercitatio Joan Lod. Vive Autore. Typis A.W. MDCIX. Signed in ink, “James Watt” leather 6” x 3¼”
• File:1Dictionariolum Latino-Graeco-Gallicum. By A. Roven MDCLXXIX. No cover 6 ¾” x 4½”
• File:1 Farther English Examples. Joseph Pote 1761. Leather 6” x 3½”
• File:1A compendious Treatise of Anatomy. Printed for Robert Sayer MDCCLXII. Paper cover 16½” x 10¾”
• File:1 A New Grammar of the Latin Tongue. By John Holmes, MDCCLXVI. Leather 7” x 4¼”
• File:1 The Treatise of the Figures. By John Stockwood, 1719. Leather 5¾” x 3½”
• File:1 Terminationes et Exempla. T. Longman, 1774. Signed in ink J. Watt , 1780. Cloth bds. 6” x 3½”
• File:1 The London Vocabulary. English and Latin. By James Greenwood 1777. Cloth and paper bds. 6” x 3½”
• File:1 The English Spelling-Book and expositor. By Henry Boad, Writing-Master at Colchester, MDCCLXXVII, Signed in ink, “Miss Watt” Octr. 24 1780. Cloth bds. 7” x 4¾”
• File:1Exercises for schoolboys to translate into Latin. By J. Garretson, Schoolmaster, MDCCLXXVII, Cloth bds. 6¾” x 4”.
• File:1 Elementa Linguae Graecae. Studio Jacobi Moor L.L.D. MDCCLXXX. Leather 7½” x 4¾”
• File:1 Selectae Eveteri testamento historiae. By J. Pote, MDCCLXXX. Cloth bds. 6?” x 4”
• File:1 The rudiments of the Latin Tongue, Or a plain and easy introduction to Latin Grammar. By Tho. Ruddiman M.A. MDCCLXXXII. Cloth bds. 6?” x 4”
• File:1 Exempla Minora or New English Examples to be rendered into Latin. J. Pote, MDCCLXXXII. Leather 6” x 3½”
• File:1 Introduction to the Latin Tongue, J. Pote, MDCCLXXXIII. Leather 7” x 4¼”
• File:1 A New English-Latin Dictionary. By John Entick M.A. MDCCLXXXIII. Leather 5½” x 5¼”
• File:1 An introduction to the Latin Tongue. T. Pote, MDCCLXXXV. Cloth bds. 6¾” x 4½”
• File:1 A collection of easy Sentences from the best Latin Classic Writers By The Rev. John Hadley Swain, MDCCLXXXVIII, Leather 7¼” x 4¾”
• File:1 A New Compendious Grammar of the Greek Tongue. By W. Bell M.A. MDCCLXXXVII. Leather 6¾” x 4¼”
• File:Syllabaire Francois or A French Spelling book, By Mr. Porn, French Master at Eton College, MDCCLXXXVII Cloth bds. 6¾” x 4”.
• File:1 Analecta Graeca Evangelica or Chapters selected from the Greek Gospels. By the direction of Dr. Anthony Blackwell. MDCCLXXXVIII. Leather 7¼” x 4?”
• File:1 The Scholar’s question book or Practical introduction to arithmetic. By Thomas Molineux, MDCCLXXXIX Cloth bds. 6¾” x 4”
• File:1 Fables Amusantes. Par M. Perrin, MDCCXC. Leather 6?” x 4”
• File:1 Pamphlet, A course of lectures on Government. By John Millar, 1792. Paper cover 6½” x 4¼”
• File:1 Geography for children. J. Johnson and E. Newbery, (N.D.) Cloth bds 6½” x 4¼”
• File:1 La Grammaire Italienne De Veneroni. Par A.M. Vergani, (n.d.) No cover 7” x 4¼”
• File:1 Mathurini Corderii Colloquia Selecta or Select Colloquies of Mathurin Cordier, (n.d.). Signed in ink,
• File:“James Watt.” Paper bds. 7” x 4¼”
• File:1 Pamphlet, The Church Catechism, (n.d.). Paper cover 5½” x 3½”.
• File:1 Writing exercise book, Limp bds. 12¾” x 9¾”
• File:3 MS. Note books, “Chemistry”, marked in ink on back, C I. C II. C III. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:5 MS. Note books “Moral Philosophy” “Continuation of Ethics” “Natural Jurisprudence”, marked in ink on back, E I. E II. E III. E IIII. E V. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:4 MS. Note books, Marked in ink on back, G I. G II. G III. G IIII.
• File:G I. Government part Ist. of the Origin and progress of Government
• File:G II. Part IId. The history of Govnt. illustrated by an account of the Constitutions of Different Counties.
• File:G III. Government of England
• File:G IIII. Part III. An account of the present state of Government in Great Britain. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:1 MS. Note book, “Greek Grammar”, marked in ink on back, F I. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:2 MS. Note books, marked on back, Logic I. Logic II
• File:Logic I. Logic Latin Questions and Answers
• File:Logic II, Logic 57th lecture
• File:Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:1 MS. Note book, “Some Remarks, From the Abbé Batterix’s principes de la Literature”. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”. Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 5”
• File:1 MS. Note book, “Course of Lectures on Chemistry,” Glasgow College By Dr Cleghorn, 1793. Half bd. leather bds. 10” x 8”
• File:1 MS. Note book, “Common place book for the years, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795.” Half bd. leather bds. 8” x 6½”
• File:2 MS. Exercise books, ”Elements of Geometry”. Dated 1793 and 1794. Limp bds. 8” x 6½”.
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “Geography”, Limp bds. 8” x 6½”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book,Navigation, Limp bds. 8” x 6½”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, Astronomy Limp bds. 8” x 6½”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “Mensuration”, Limp bds. 8” x 6½”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “Plain Trigonometry”, Limp bds. 16” x 8”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “Aeneidos”, marked in ink, Exercise 1790
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “An English Exercise book”, marked in ink, Exercise Vol. 2. Paper cover, 8½” x 6¾”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, Subjects various, marked in ink, English exercise March the 1. 1789, Vol. 3. Limp bds. 8½” x 7”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “Latin Exercise”, 1790, Limp bds. Part lf cover msising, 8½” x 6¾”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, Various subjects and pen and ink sketches, marked in ink, Common place book in the years 1790-1791. Made with plain paper, paper cover, 8½” x 7”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, “The Speech of General Wolfe”, made with plain paper, Cover missing, 8½” x 6¾”
• File:1 MS. Exercise book, Pen and ink and coloured sketches, made with plain paper, marked in ink,
• File:1 MS. Exercise book“Algebra” Sd. “G. Watt”, Limp bds. 7¼” x 4¾”
• File:Wooden standing desk with two drawers, L. hand empty
• File:1 Drawing book, Pencil sketches, mostly heads, Gray coloured paper cover, 9¼” x 7”
• File:1 Drawing book Pencil sketches, Landscapes, Tissue paper cover 9½” x 7”
• File:1 Book of two pages only, “Propositions in Euclid” by G. Watt 1790. Paper cover backed with white paper, 8¼” x 7”
• File:1 Book of three pages only, “The first Oration of Cicero against L. Catiline.” Marked in ink, Cicero first Oration, blue paper cover, 8” x 6¾”
• File:1 Book, Pen and ink sketches, The gift of Mrs Hamilton to G. Watt, 1793, paper cover, 5¾” x 3¼”
• File:1 PAPER PORTFOLIO containing drawings and papers:
• File:Cruik-stone Castle North G. Watt 1793
• File:Hagg Castle G. Watt 1793
• File:Banheath Castle G. Watt 1793
• File:Lanhope Castle G. Watt 1793
• File:Conway Castle from the North G. Watt 1794
• File:Cathcart G. Watt 1794
• File:Powis Castle G. Watt 1794
• File:Carnarvon Castle 1793 G. Watt 1794
• File:Conway Castle from the east G. Watt 1794
• File:View from Derwentwater G. Watt 1795
• File:View near Ambleside on the road to Keswick G. Watt 1795
• File:Skiddaw G. Watt 1795
• File:Cockermouth G. Watt 1795
• File:View up the Firth of Clyde G. Watt 1795
• File:Duntraeth G. Watt 1795
• File:Carlisle G. Watt 1795
• File:Rutherglen Farme G. Watt 1795
• File:Knock Castle from the South G. Watt 1795
• File:Craig Madden Castle G. Watt 1795
• File:Farlie Castle G. Watt 1795
• File:Murdock Castle G. Watt 1795
• File:Bothwell Castle from the South G. Watt 1795
• File:Levern Castle G. Watt 1795
• File:View from Derwentwater Lake G. Watt 1795
• File:Mount St. Michael from the hill above Gulvall G. Watt 1798
• File:View of a Keep, in foreground 3 men with bear, monkey and dog.
• File:Female holding book and child
• File:1 Engraving, Portrait of “Prof. Arn Drakenborch” 10” x 8”
• File:1 Engraving, “Colzean House the seat of Earl Cassillis” 8½” x 5½”
• File:1Black and white sketch of bust of a man 12½” x 10¾” G.W. 1790
• File:2 Col. drawings of machinery, 16½” x 11¾” and 18” x 14”
• File:1 Pencil sketch “Loch Killen” on piece of letter writing paper 7” x 4½”
• File:2 Perspective drawings of part of a column 11¾” x 10”
• File:1Rough pencil sketch of “The Keep of Dudley Castle” 5½” x 3½”
• File:1 Piece of paper signed G. Watt, Geometrical drawings, 10” x 8”
• File:1 Piece of paper, Water colour sketches of Leaves and Flowers, 15¼” x 9¾”
• File:1 Engraving, Enlèvement D’une Sabine. Grupe de Marbre fait par Jean de Boulogne A Florence. 15¾” x 10”
• File:1 Sketch, Pen and ink. (Copy of above) 13” x 7¼”
• File:1 Sketch, Pen and ink. Skeleton with hand on scull, 13” x 8¼”
• File:1 Sketch, Pen and ink. Of Pelvis, 5½” x 5½”
• File:1 Sheet of paper daubed with paint one side, written lines on the other side named Electra and Chorus alternatively. 9¾” x 7¾”
• File:1 Map, Pen and ink. (Anglesey), Showing part of the river Menia 13¾” x 10”
• File:1 Map, Pen and ink. of Arabia showing Red Sea, 15” x 8½”
• File:1 Map, Pen and ink. of Loch Lomond and Loch Katrine, 23½” x 19”
• File:1 Sheet of newspaper ? Glasgow Courier, 19” x 13”
• File:1 Cardboard face for Sundial 4½” dia.
• File:1 Letter addressed “James Watt, Heathfield”. Books sent to Mr. Tod to bind Dec. 1793. 8¼” x 7¼”
• File:1 Letter addressed “James Watt, Heathfield”. Books sent to Mr Chapman to bind Dec. 1793. 9” x 7¼”
• File:1 Letter addressed “James Watt Esq. Heathfield”, Mr. Southerne. Red seal bust of a man on the letter.
• File:1 List of books and tracts to be bound 9” x 7½”
• File:1 Letter addressed “Jas Watt, Heathfield” (Portion missing), Books sent to Mr Chapman to bind Decr. 12” x 8”
• File:Half page of letter addressed “Boulton & Watt, Soho, Birmingham”, Books sent to Mr Chapman to bind Decr. 7¼” x 5”
• File:1 Tissue paper, A press copy signed for James Watt, G. Watt. List of books etc. to Mr. Tod to bind
• File:Letter, James Watt to Gregory Watt, Soho July 18th 1799. Part missing, 9¾” x 7¾”
• File:2 Book plates, Plinth surrounded with brushwood, with brazier aflame on top, engraved I. Watt 1797
• File:26 Pieces of paper, various.
• File:1 Steel bow drill with small drill in it.
• File:Plaster cast, No. 10 dated "Apl.11 1807", 4 1/8" dia
• File:Plaster cast, No. 10 dated "Apl.11 1807", 4 1/8" dia
• File:1 Plaster mould, oval 3 1/2" x 3 1/4"
• File:1 Alabaster reproduction, marked on back "Mar 25, 1810" oval 3 1/2" x 3 1/4"
• File:Plaster mould, oval 3 3/4" x 3"
• File:1 Plaster cast, marked on back "Matthew Boulton Esq. Reduced by Mr. Watt from a cast taken after his death in August 1809" oval 3 3/4" x 3", in a cardboard box
• File:Plaster cast, oval 3 3/4" x 2 7/8"
• File:Reproduction in wood, No.67 marked on back "Decr 1809 Black", 3 1/2" x 2 5/8"
• File:Compo. Cast, oval 3 7/8" x 2 7/8"
• File:1 Reproduction in alabaster, marked on back "J Hunter Decr 16th 1810" oval 3 7/8" x 2 7/8"
• File:Reproduction in wood. No 127 marked on back "Herchel 1808 dr" oval 2 3/8 x 1 7/8
• File:Reproduction in wood. No 127 marked on back "Herchel 1808 dr" oval 2 3/8 x 1 7/8
• File:1 Plaster cast of Egyptian head 3 1/4" xx 1 5/8"
• File:1 Reproduction in mahogany of No. 146
• File:1 Plaster mould, Venus, oval 10" x 7"
• File:Plaster cast, Venus, oval 7" x 5 1/4"
• File:1 Plaster mould, head of Apollo ? Facing left, long hair to shoulders, 6" dia
• File:1 Plaster cast, head of Apollo ? Facing left, long hair to shoulders, "J.Watt" scratched on back, with wire loop for hanging up, 6" dia
• File:Plaster cast, Cupid and Psyche, oval 13 3/4" x 11 1/4" one painted, the other has wire loop for hanging up
• File:1 Plaster cast, woman's left hand holding scroll, 9 3/4" long
• File:1 Plaster cast, urn, 6" high 2 1/4" dia
• File:1 Plaster bust on pedestal, man, ear damaged, marked "Pubd July 1st", prepared for copying by addition of base and brass centre in head, 8" high
• File:1 Reproduction in marble, man No. 335, 7" high
• File:1 Plaster bust, Niobe ? Prepared for copying by addition of base and hole in head and base, 6" high
• File:1 Reproduction in alabaster, bust of Homer, 7" high
• File:1 Plaster bust on pedestal, of Aristotle, prepared for copying with brass centre in head, pieces broken off pedestal, 7 1/2" high
• File:1 Plaster bust on pedestal, of Socrates, 7 1/2" high
• File:Rockingham vase
• File:Wine bottle, dark green glass with seal, English, "W.R. 1776"
• File:Early pair of brass measuring compasses with steel points, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1700-1800
• File:Portrait of James Watt, F.R.S. (1736-1819) Engineer. Engraved by John Le Conte after John McDonald. Pubd. by W.H. Vaima,. Edinburgh, May 1860. Overall size 18 1/2"x23 7/8" high
• File:Five hand-made pins in silver, c. 1800
• File:Three silver lined buttons (French) painted with balloon scenes. Each, 25mm diameter.
• File:Pair of pointed scissors (decorative)
• File:Cast steel pressure cooker by A. Kendrick & Sons, 1885-1895.
• File:Egg shaped mineral water bottle, 19th century
• File:One of two early glass bottles
• File:Earthenware conserve Jar, marked W. P. Hartley, Liverpool and London, England, 1874-1900.
• File:One of three, eathenware storage jars, unsigned, British, 1900-1950.
• File:Round black-painted tin spice box with 6 internal compartments, hinged lid and spice grater, English, 1880-1940
• File:Basting spoon with brass bowl and sheet metal handle, English, 1880-1940
• File:Blue and white willow-patterned earthenware tureen with handles, lid and ladle, glaze cracked, English, 1880-1920
• File:Blue and white willow-patterned earthenware oval sauce boat with handles and lid, English, 1880-1920
• File:Unglazed ceramic Wedgwood mortar with pouring lip, with ceramic and wood pestle, for use in food preparation, English, 1880-1920
• File:Earthenware jelly mould, one of four
• File:Earthenware jelly mould, one of four
• File:Mortar of ceramic material stamped Wedgwood and 4-inch pestle.
• File:Coin, copper, 40mm diameter. Regal two pence, 1797. 'Cartwheel'. The Royal Mint, 1797, Regal twopenny piece. Obverse Bust of George III etc. Reverse Britannia etc. Notes This was twice the weight of the penny (1977-2381/147), made at Soho Manufactory
• File:Cotton reel holder in ornamental cast iron
• File:Pair of steel dividers, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1701-1800.
• File:Two ceramic plates, illustrated with scenes of childhood
• File:Earthenware colander for use with dolly for pressing cabbage
• File:Small sugar nippers, unsigned, British (?), 1831-1900.
• File:Sad iron Kenrick and Co. no."0"
• File:Pot for "Poor Man's Friend" ointment, empty, white glazed earthenware, inscribed " Prepared only by Beach and Barnicott...", chipped, Lothian collection, English, 1834-1900
• File:Engraving of Dr. Black, Professor of Chemistry, portrait with facsimile autograph of Joseph Black, engraved by C. Cooke after Raeburn, William Mackenzie, Glasgow, 1770-1820.
• File:Proprietary medicine pot, for "Nature's Herbal Ointment", white-glazed earthenware, prepared by Frederick Hale, London, 1882-1908
• File:Proprietary medicine pot, for "Poor Mans Friend", white-glazed earthenware, prepared by Beach and Barnicott, Bridport, 1850
• File:Proprietary medicine pot for Holloways ointment, white-glazed earthenware, by Holloway, London, 1865-1892
• File:Proprietary medicine pot for Holloways ointment, white-glazed earthenware, prepared by Holloway, London, 1865-1892
• File:Proprietary medicine pot for Holloways ointment, white-glazed earthenware, prepared by Holloway, London, 1865-1892
• File:Proprietary medicine pot for Clarkes Miraculous Salve, for use on ulcers and boils, prepared by the Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Co., Lincoln, 1850-1900
• File:Proprietary medicine pot labelled "O-T", cream-glazed earthenware, probably English, 1850-1900
• File:Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam. By James Scott after R.W. Buss, published by Lloyd Brothers, 1849. overall: 49.5x55cm.
• File:Architect's rule by Ramsden, c. 1775
• File:Jigsaw puzzle, in wooden box, map of England and Wales showing rail network, possibly issued by the London & North Western Railway, c.1860
• File:Kitchen scales, cast iron counterbalance type, 7lbs., with various weights, c1920.
• File:Basin from a pan closet, by Wood, decorated underglaze blue "panoramic" scenes. Staffordshire, c.1860-c.1870.
• File:Large earthenware jar made for Jason Gurney & Co., Walton-on-Thames, England, by Doulton, Lambeth, London, 1850-1900.
• File:Earthenware bottle without stopper, signed by Franklin & Sons, Rickmansworth, England. Made by Price, Bristol, England, 1851-1900.
• File:6 green glass Georgian rinsers (see note)
• File:5 syllabub glasses Georgian (see note)
• File:2 heavy lead rimmer glasses Georgian
• File:3 green Georgian glasses
• File:Georgian decanter c.1790
• File:One large barrel-shaped rimmer glass Georgian
• File:White cotton work shawl, circa 1820
• File:Long white cotton dress, circa 1820
• File:Glass decanter with pleated mushroom stopper, c. 1835
• File:Small copper Georgian saucepan
• File:Silver plated butter knife, Birmingham, 1816
• File:Pair of 'Willow Pattern' pearlware custard cups, c.1800, comma or teardrop shape with serrated edges. Hand formed, blue & white transfer ware pottery, possibly made by Spode
• File:'Italian Garden' pattern mug, c.1830
• File:Challinor & Co, 'Priory' Tea Bowl and Saucer, c.1850
• File:Wedgwood 'Botanical' series Florentine Jug c. 1815
• File:Jug, 'Japan' pattern with snake handle (Hydra), by Davenport, c.1820, underglaze blue printing, handpainted in iron red, green and gilt with a lustre rim. marked 'Davenport Stone China', impressed '000' and '3'
• File:Teapot, child's size, by Spode, 'Vine' pattern, printed by pluck and dust method, c. 1810.
• File:Pair of crudely engraved Victorian tavern glasses, c.1860
• File:Set of 6 Georgian Silver Bright Cut teaspoons by the Bateman silversmith family, 1789 and 1891. Made by Peter and Ann Bateman (see note).
• File:Minton 'Silenus' parian jug, c.1832
• File:Two black satin silk shoes with leather soles, c.1820. Probably from Castle Howard.
• File:Set of Millward Number 8 Victorian needles in packet
• File:Georgian gambling die. Ox bone. Marked 'Neild'.
• File:20 piece Dinner Service by Ridgway (see note)
• File:Large blue and white willow-pattern platter. 19th Century?
• File:Victorian german toy theatre 'Thalia'
• File:Kenrick No 5 saucepan, cast iron
• File:Hunt & Sons complete set of single court playing cards, 1814-1830
• File:Selection of seven British gilded brass gaming tokens, for the Sovereign, and half Sovereign (Turkish) coins, c.1790-1840
• File:Collection of patty pans in various sizes (see note)
• File:Pastry cutter with loop handle, tinplated iron, unsigned, European
• File:Brass Victorian pastry jigger
• File:Set of aspic or biscuit cutters in tin, late 19th to early 20th Century
• File:Reproduction teetotum and four gaming pieces, c.1998
• File:Boy's annual, c.1860
• File:Black basalt teapot
• File:Reproduction Georgian Dorset buttons
• File:Reproduction Georgian linen buttons
• File:Selection of reproduction early Victorian wired ribbon in a variety of colours
• File:Pair of reproduction Derby Knit stockings
• File:Pair of reproduction 'clocked' stockings
• File:Portrait bust of James Watt, reconstructed from plaster mould found in Watt's Workshop c.1807, manufactured by the UCL Digital Manufacturing Centre, 2010.
• File:Wallis' Picturesque Round game of the produce and manufactures, of the Counties of England & Wales. London.
• File:Facsimile of the title page of the periodical, 'The Glasgow Mechanics Magazine,...', 1824 (see note)
• File:Facsimile of the title page of the periodical, 'Mechanics Magazine', 1823.
• File:Button, pearl, 56 lignes, design in blue and white stones, inset circle of gilt metal, 1780-1820
• File:Button, copper gilt, 58 lignes, punched design, disc of opaque glass with sporting scene in gold and black, 1780-1820
• File:Button, pearl, 52 lignes, concentric circles, inset with faceted mirror glass, 1780-1820
• File:Button, steel, 56 lignes, in foliate pattern, 1780-1820
• File:Button, fluted steel, 55 lignes, inset circle of gilt metal, centre disc of carved pearl, 1780-1820
• File:Button, copper gilt, with counter sunk, 57 lignes, blue glass disc painted with gold squares, 1780-1820
• File:Silver medal struck at Soho Mint to commemorate victory at Trafalgar, 1805.
• File:2d ‘cartwheel’ coin, gilt, made by Soho mint 1797. The gilt versions of the standard copper coin were intended as marketing tools by Matthew Boulton, and were circulated to movers and shakers alongside the circulation version.
• File:Button, cut and polished steel, England, c.1850
• File:Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel), England, c. 1840
• File:Button, cut glass with silvered surface (imitating cut steel), England, c. 1840
• File:Jasperware flower holder with cover, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd, c. 1790-1795.
• File:Globular Black Basalt vase with two loop handles and circular base. Around the body are applied Egyptian motifs in low red stoneware reliefs ('rosso antico'). The cover is flat and let into the neck of the vase, by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd, c. 1810
• File:Book of paper doll cut outs, The History of Little Fanny, by Fuller, 1810
• File:Flute, English, boxwood with ivory mounts and a silver key, by Richard Potter, about 1790
• File:Two small Georgian solid silver spoons by Boulton & Fothergill, hallmarked 1773 - the first year of the Birmingham Assay Office which Matthew Boulton helped establish. John Fothergill was Matthew Boulton's initial partner at the Soho manufactory.
• File:Set of four salts by Boulton and Fothergill, 1776
• File:Coffee pot on tripod, with spirit burner mounted on stand beneath, made by Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, spirit burner made 1810, pot and stand 1811
• File:Sterling Silver cream jug, to accompany Coffee pot on tripod, with spirit burner mounted on stand beneath, made by Matthew Boulton, 1811
• File:Sterling silver sugar bowl, to accompany Coffee pot on tripod, with spirit burner mounted on stand beneath, made by Matthew Boulton, 1811
• File:Pair of candlesticks, Sheffield plate by Boulton and Fothergill, c.1765
• File:Sterling Silver and ivory caddy spoon by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1805
• File:Silver epergne with glass-lined bowls by Boulton, 1806
• File:Silver inkstand by Boulton, 1803. The inkstand consists of sand and ink wells as well as a taper and snuffer for heating the sealing wax.
• File:Tankard made by Waterhouse & Ryland, 1827.
• File:Collar for striking medals by Droz, as used in the minting machinery developed by Boulton to produce coinage.
• File:Sterling Silver spoon by Samuel Pemberton, Birmingham, 1812
• File:Sterling Silver caddy spoon by Joseph Wilmore, Birmingham, 1818
• File:Sterling Silver spoon, mark overstruck, maker unknown, London, 1793
• File:Sterling Silver spoon by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham, 1799
• File:Sterling Silver spoon by Joseph Taylor, Birmingham, 1801
• File:Snuff box, oval, curved upwards at both ends, hinged lid hinged three-quarters across top, engraved B. Pettican, 1807, English, 1807
• File:Snuff box, pewter, rectangular, roller hinged lid along length, floral embossed lid, plaque in centre, embossed decoration of steam locomotive, English, 1810-1850
• File:Turn pin spectacles, silver, London hallmark, 1820, by D.W(?), English, 1818-1820
• File:Snap lid spectacle case, silver, velvet lined, English, 1790-1830
• File:Green glazed pottery tobacco jar, cylindrical, inscribed with royal arms and "Bewlay Tobacconist "of" smoking apparatus" to the Duke of Sussex, Bewlay, suppliers 49, Strand, London, English, 19th century
• File:Silver Regency tripod mustard pot, with blue glass liner and plate spoon, bearing Chester hallmark, part of Chalmers collection, English, 1811-1812
• File:Steel chatelaine, cut and polished, with 5 chains attached terminated by clips, by Boulton and Watt, London
• File:Blue and white transfer patterned Wedgwood feeding cup (Crellin 28), English, 1820-1890
• File:Silver toothbrush, probably from a set, London hallmark, 1801-1802
• File:Blue and white transfer printed bourdalou or boat-shaped female urinal. Crellin 26, by Wedgwood, England, 1844-1846
• File:Earthenware medicine spoon, glazed, graduated, supplied by Lynch and Co., London, late 19th century
• File:Wedgwood bucchero bust of Hermes, probably C19
• File:Fluted pharmacy jug, perhaps English, 1801-1900, creamware
• File:Spittoon, Staffordshire? transfer earthenware, 'Verona pattern, English, 1820-1860
• File:Wooden box, cylindrical, possibly for gaming dice or pins, probably not snuff, screw on lid, machine turned, made in England, 1870-1900
• File:Creamware pedestal and teapot with pierced leaf pattern, made by Wedgwood, English, early 19th century
• File:Silver gilt vinaigrette in the form of a harp, stem and sides enamelled with blue and floral and pastoral decoration, with perforated inner cover, probably French, probably 18th century
• File:2 Lengths of cream Valenciennes style border lace, part of Chalmers collection, probably machine made in England, 1835-1900
• File:Porcelain statue depicting "The Charlatan", Derby, 1782 to 1800
• File:Chamber candlestick with snuffer with crest and monogram of Dr. Edward Jenner, made by J. N. and Co., Sheffield, 1801-1802