Square section silver rod, a piece of Norse hacksilver cut from a ring money armlet, from Kildonan, South Uist

Rod fragment of silver, part of Viking Age silver hoard found at Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, deposited 950 - 970 AD

Rod fragment of silver, part of Viking Age silver hoard found at Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney, deposited 950 - 970 AD

Three hundred and sixty three aerometrical beads, two slide-rules, one thermometer, six glass rods and an instruction book, all in a drawer of a mahogany box, and made by J. Lovi of Edinburgh, c. 1810

Millefiori glass rod from Dunadd, Argyll

Bronze rod, quadrangular in section, with central perforation: Greek, from Chauchitsa, Macedonia

Pteropus rodricensis, Rodrigues fruit bat

Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire, skeleton, collected by the Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874