Terracotta mother and baby figurine, 1450-1200BC, Cyprus. Donated by the Museum of Classical Archaeology, University of Cambridge 1947. NM47.347
Red-figure nestoris depicting Herakles and Aphrodite by the ‘Primato Painter’, 340-320BC, Lucania, Italy. Donated by the Classical Association, 1946. NM46.46.1-2
Black-figure amphora depicting Herakles in battle with Kyknos, by the ‘Antimenes Painter’, 525-500BC, Athens. Found in an Etrurian grave. Purchased 1977 with funds donated by Mary Tancred, and Graeme and Mary Smith. NM77.1
Funerary urn with garland dedicated to “Laetilia. Freedwoman of Publius. Beloved. She lived for 27 years”, 100-150BC, Rome, Italy. Donated by Sir Charles Nicholson 1860. NMR.1014
Pair of gold earrings depicting Nike below a rosette with inlaid garnet, 325-300BC, found on the island of Patmos, Greece before 1946. Purchased 1949. NM49.8.1-2
Storage draw of Greek and Italian figurines, various dates.
Electrotype reproduction of the ‘Death mask of Agamemnon’ created in 1550-1500BC, found at Myceneae, Greece, made by Emile Gilliéron before 1924. Purchased before 1930. NM30.63
Crouched cat figure, early 20th century China. Donated through The Hon R P Meagher bequest 2011. UA2012.685
Crouched cat figure, early 20th century China. Donated through The Hon R P Meagher bequest 2011. UA2012.685
Limestone inscribed kohl pot, 18th Dynasty (1550-1292BC), Egypt. Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund’s excavations at Diospolis Parva, Egypt, 1900. NM00.107
White glass bead hank, 19th century, trade items left over from the Chevert expedition to New Guinea, 1875. ET84.172.16
Calcite kohl pot, 18th Dynasty (1550-1292BC), Egypt. Donated by Mrs Elwyn M Andrews and Miss Elizabeth C Bootle in memory of their great-uncle Sir Grafton Elliot Smith 1984. NM84.12
White glass bead hank, 19th century, trade items left over from the Chevert expedition to New Guinea, 1875. ET84.172.18
Plaster casts of coins from the British Museum. Purchased 1940s.
Limestone votive ear, 12th dynasty (1985-1795BC), Abydos, Egypt. Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund’s excavations at Abydos, Egypt, 1903. NM03.12.1
Red-figure nestoris depicting Persephone and Demeter, by the ‘Primato Painter’, 340-320BC, Lucania, Italy. Donated by the Classical Association, 1946. NM46.46.1-2
Base ring ware jug, 1450-1200BC, Cyprus. Purchased 1927. NM48.275.
Reproduction of the Portland Vase, 1870s. Acquired before 1962. NM62.850
Red polished ware composite jug, 2150-1900BC, Cyprus, excavated at Karmi Palealona 1961. Donated by Professor John Basil Hennessy 2009. NM2016.19
Limestone fragmentary head and crocodile from varying sculptures, 1550-1070BC, Egypt, mounted on caen stone museum support. Donated by Sir Charles Nicholson 1860. NMR.18
Mosaic of a peacock, from the floor decoration of the Villa dei Quintili, Rome, 4th-5th centuries. Donated by Sir Charles Nicholson 1860. NMR.1062.
Black glaze skyphos, 525-400BC, likely Athens, Greece. Donated by Sir Charles Nicholson 1860. NMR.860
Bucchero kantharos, 575-550BC, Etruria, Italy. Donated by Sir Charles Nicholson 1860. NM98.98
White ground lekythos by the ‘Painter of New York’, 450-425BC, Athens, Greece. Purchased with funds from the Woodhouse Memorial Fund 1940. NM41.2
Black-figure kyathos depicting sirens, 525-500BC, Etruria, Italy. Donated by the Association of Friends and Students of Nicholson Museum, The University of Sydney 1953. NM53.15
Storage draw of bowls labelled using white cotton tape tied around their form, 2075-1900BC, Vouous Cyprus. Donated by James Stewart before 1962. NM2001.232-252
Myristicivora spilorrhoa. Torres strait pigeon, mounted. Collected from Burrar (Bet) Island, Three Sisters islands, Torres Strait, 1875. Donated by Macleay Family 1865-1892. NHB.1878a
Bone and wood hair pins, Roman period (30BC-AD395), Egypt. Acquired from the Egypt Exploration Fund’s excavations at Diospolis Parva, Egypt, 1900. NM00.124.1, 9, NM00.151, NM00.154.
Sterna nigrifrons Masters, 1876, tern skeletal specimen. Collected from the Torres Strait. Donated by Macleay Family 1865-1892. NHB.9023
Halcyon sancta Vigors & Horsfield, 1827. Skin of a sacred Kingfisher. Collected from Hall Sound, Central Province, Papua New Guinea, 1875. Donated by Macleay Family 1865-1892. NHB.1001
Comb, late 19th to early 20th century, New Guinea Islands, Western Province, Solomon Islands. Unknown source. ETA.858
Hair comb, 19-20th century, Timor Island. Donated by the estate of Dr Peter Elliott AM 2014. ET2014.2242
Tortoise shell comb, 20th century, Indonesia. Donated by the estate of Dr Peter Elliott AM 2014. ET2014.2137
