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Pocket brass sextant, index arm operated by a toothed quadrant and pinion, in wooden box. Used by Robert Wilson in his Eastern travels, 1820-23. Inscription: Dollond, London

Sun dial, inclining, silver scale, below is a brass compass with two small spirit levels. Signed Dollond, London. Used by Robert Wilson in his Eastern travels, 1820-1823. Label attached to the instrument states the importance of keeping the small…

Brass sextant with silver scale, signed (see inscription), in a red leather box. Made in the early 19th Century and used by Robert Wilson in his Eastern travels, 1820-23. Inscription: engraved just below the scale Schmalcalder 82 Strand London

Alabaster vase (with remains of a stopper?), and parts of several old hand-written labels on the front.

Female human figure, imperfect, blackened, in limestone.

Figure of head of a king, wearing the double crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt, in mottled pink and black granite (rose granite).

Canopic jar, cover representing head of Methsa, inscribed.

Cover of a canopic jar, representing head of Methsa.

Cover of a canopic jar, in wood, representing head of Methsa with face painted yellow and wig black.