Glass thing, maybe some kind of plate/flower/pot stand or support, London, c1935

vase, coiled, handbuilt and biscuit fired terracotta, London, c 1985

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Toothbrush, 'Dr Kiss' designed by Philippe Stark, thermoplastic resin and ABS polymer, London, c1997 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Virgin Mary bottle for holy water, injection molded polypropylene, Stary Sącz Poland c1996

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First prototype of a possible chair. It's inspired by Enzo Mari's ideas of being able to make domestic necessities, using stock timber, simple hand tools and everyday skills. There's an echo of Utility furniture from the 1940s and a hint of Gerrit Rietveld's prototype Red and Blue chair from 1917 too.

Chair prototype 1, standard section pine, plywood and super-screws, London c2018.

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Holy water (possibly from the well of Zamzam) unknown plastic and water, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, c1995 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Laa-Laa a teletubby, unknown synthetic, London c1997

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Paintbrush, printed cardboard, adhesives and nylon, London, c1996. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Washing-up bottle, high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, London c1999.

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Singer Office chair, cast iron leg, steel frame, laminated wooden seat and back, London, c1935. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

venus

Portable radio receiver and cassette player/recorder (col. boombox), various materials and electronics, made by Akai, Japan c1984 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Gun, unknown plastic, Hong Kong c1996 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Edinburgh resident Robert Penman first noticed a hard swelling in his jaw in his early teens. Despite multiple operations to remove the growth it continued to expand, and by the time Penman was twenty-four it filled his entire mouth, distorting it to 15 inches in circumference.

Penman's doctors solicited the help of Dr. James Syme, who had reputation for performing bold operations. In his preliminary notes Syme recorded that 'the throat of the patient was almost obliterated, there being only about two inches of it above the sternum…When the tumour was viewed in profile it extended eight inches from the front of the neck.'

Syme excised the tumour in 1828. The operation, which Penman endured without anaesthetic, lasted just under half an hour. It was said of Syme that he 'never unnecessarily wasted a word, a drop of ink or blood' and indeed Penman lost only eight ounces of blood during the procedure. The extracted tumour weighed four and a half pounds.

When Syme encountered Penman seventeen years later he noted 'how little the operation had injured either his appearance or articulation.' As Penman had since grown a beard 'careful inspection, indeed, was requisite to enable an ordinary observer to detect anything peculiar.'

The tumour, and many other objects relating to the case of Robert Penman, were donated to the museum by Lord Lister in 1905.

For a more detailed study of Robert Penman, see "The Penman Case: A Re-Evalution" by M.H. Kaufman and M.T. Royds and James Syme's Contributions to the Pathology and Practice of Surgery.

Adjustable office chair, tubular steel, compressed laminate and rubber, London c1940's

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Candles, coloured wax, London, c2005. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Venus de Milo, cast cement, London, c1989 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Deciduous teeth, human. Pulp, dentin, cementum, enamel. London c1996 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Painted flask, tin and solder with cork stopper, hand painted, possibly Afghanistan c1988 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Stool, upcycled pine studding and supascrews, London, c2017. #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Hand grenade shaped drinks container, unknown polymer, unknown c1994 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Mobile phone: Nokia 7100, multiple materials and softwares. London c1999 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Camera: Kershaw Eight-20 Penguin, various materials, c1951, London. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Tumblers, melanine, Leuven, Belgium c1988 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Wooden screw thread, possibly part of a vise or clamp, southern Poland c1992.

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Trumpet, plastic, South Wales, c 1968. #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Fragment of a sculpture, Dogon peoples, central Mali, upcycled cardboard, London c1986.

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Dried Hydrangea and Craspedia Compositae in a bamboo tube, London c2014.

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Man carrying sticks, lost-wax bronze, Porto Novo, Benin c1989 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Bowl carved from a fallen Elm, London c1984.

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Milk jug, clear glazed earthenware, London c2000 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Semi-circular bowl - with remains of legs (?) - stacked upcycled cardboard London c1988 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Screw thread nut cracker, boxwood, Wojakowa, Poland c1994

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pestle and mortar

Sandals, reused rubber motorcycle tyres and nails, Massi people, southern Kenya. c 2008. #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Souvenir lamp of The Monument to the Conquerors of Space (1964) Moscow, clear cast resin, steel, marble, unknown synthetic and electrics, Kraków, Poland c1996. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Vintage Spanish glassware, possibly from the 1970s, Aranjuez, Spain #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Guitar, Found cardboard box, wood, string, hot glue and acrylic paint, London c1997

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Camera; Brownie Junior No2. Aluminium, leatherette, steel and glass; canvas carrying case. London c1932 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Buoy, cast aluminium with lighthouse motif, Swansea, Wales c1982. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Specialist bicycle repair box or bone spanner, aluminium-bronze alloy, Cwmaman, Wales c1968 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Cloud, cast plaster, London c1986 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Mudha stool, split bamboo and recycled plastic from Rajasthan, India. London c2014. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Whisk cut from the top of a pine tree, Poland, c1992.

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Stippling brush, wood, steel, paint, varnish and horse-hair bristles, Warsaw, Poland c1996. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

Bull's Head 1942, Pablo Picasso.

Brick Lane bought leather bicycle seat and chromed steel handelbar, London, c2009

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I've made iterations of other Picasso sculptures including Still Life 1914 as part of an exhibition entitled Sculptures at the newly-established Cabinet Gallery, in London 1992.

I also wrote a speculative text about the fabrication of Picasso's version of Still Life 1914.

Wooden paddle-like strainer, southern Poland, c1993 #FromTheCollection #ObjectOfTheWeek

Edgeworn printed dust jacket, lithographic ink on paper, from the catalogue CUBISM AND ABSTRACT ART Museum of Modern Art, April 1936, New York. #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection

vase, coiled, handbuilt and biscuit fired terracotta, London,

c 1985

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Fluted Chinese tea cups, redware with pale ash gray glaze. Shanghai, China c1995 #ObjectOfTheWeek #FromTheCollection