17th Century Gunmoney Half-Crown Coin
1690
A Bear, a Sea-horse and a Greenlander
Acquired 1857
Canadian Pseudo-fossil
Discovered 1850s
from Florissant, Colorado, USA
Collection of Fossils
c.34 million years old
A Consequential Cache
Neolithic period
Deck of Italian Tarot Cards
19th century
Delicate and Beautiful Japanese Wood-Block Print by Hokusai
1827 - 1830
A Face From The Past
Iron Age
A Fossil Crinoid: Dimerocrinus Decadactylus
Silurian period
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