Shingler's shoe, late 19th century.

Four-way sand glas, Italian, 17th century.

Four-way sand glas, Italian, 17th century.

Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer, c 1860s.

Sonorette walnut bakelite radio, French, late 1940s.

Sonorette walnut bakelite radio, French, late 1940s.

'Kingsway' New World gas cooker, c 1935.

Sony videocorder, model CV-2100, black & white video recorder, c 1970s.

Sony videocorder, model CV-2100, black & white video recorder, c 1970s.

Queen Victoria's day compartment, 1895.

Franco-British Exhibition, White City, London, 1908.

'Polysiphonia violacea', 1843.