Hanging oil lamp of tin, consisting of two round cylindrical vessels, one fitting inside the other, from Inverkeithing, Fife, 19th century

Three-cornered lantern with a wooden frame and base and tin candle holder, carried by Lady Grizell Baillie when visiting her Covenanter father, Sir Patrick Hume, during his concealment in the vault beneath Polwarth Church in 1684

Whistle, tin, issued to a special constable of the burgh of Calton, Glasgow, 30 August 1817

Silver watch in tin case inscribed 'J.P.J.' on the back, a gift to John Paul Jones from C.R. Arbigland in 1765, with a letter dated Nov 4th 1846 from Walter Peacock of Aberlady to Alice saying that he had just received the watch

Iron parade helmet and face mask, from the Roman site at Newstead, late 1st century AD

Penannular brooch of gilded copper-alloy with gilt interlace ornamentation, Pictish, from Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, 8th century

One of a group of specimens illustrating copper smelting - a sample of tin from the refining furnace, as scoriae

One of a group of samples of rare and other metals in a pure state - tin

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - a tin impression from a roughed die

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - a blank for a tin or white metal medal

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - a skimmed or turned tin blank for a medal

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - a struck tin medal, unfinished

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - an edged tin medal, unfinished

One of a collection of items illustrating die engraving and medal stamping, from Joseph Moore, Birmingham, 1867 - a finished tin or white metal medal

Mincer with iron body hot-dipped in tin to prevent rusting, one of a group of specimens illustrating the manufacture of tin and tin alloys

Small, simple portable balance comprising two scale pans suspended by threads, in an oval tin case containing a note which states 'These scales belonged to .... Carmichael of the Royal Navy. Called by Hooker the Father of Marine Botany'