Miniature mortar and pestle, silver, c 1901.

Umbilical cord scisors, 19th century.

Stone mortar and pestle, Indian, 1750-1850.

Boats on a miniature lake, Gamages Department Store, London, 1920s.

Scisors, for cutting the umbilical cord, 19th century.

Roman mortar, c 1st century AD.

Roman mortar, c 1st century AD.

A selection of early European pestle and mortars, 1300-1500.

Title page to a book on alchemy, 1672.

Miniature radio, c 1997.

Selection of four opera or prospect glases, 1749-1773.

Beaker shaped mortar and double ended pestle, c 1700.