Sceptre (disambiguation)
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A sceptre
is a symbolic staff.
Sceptre or scepter may also refer to:
Sceptre
A sceptre is a symbolic ornamental rod or wand borne in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia.-Antiquity:...
is a symbolic staff.
Sceptre or scepter may also refer to:
- Scepter RecordsScepter RecordsScepter Records is a record company founded in 1959 by Florence Greenberg. She had just sold Tiara Records with The Shirelles for $4000 to Decca Records. When The Shirelles didn't produce any hits for Decca, they were given back to Greenberg, who promptly signed them. By 1961 Greenberg launched a...
, a record label - Sceptre Incorporated, a consumer electronics producer
- Sceptre (horse)Sceptre (horse)Sceptre was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racemare whose career ran from 1901 to 1904. In 1902 she became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright.-Breeding:...
, a racehorse - Humber SceptreHumber SceptreThe Humber Sceptre name has been applied to three generations of motor cars from the British manufacturer the Rootes Group , using the Humber marque, between 1961 and 1976.For the first & second generations, see Hillman Super Minx....
, a British car - HMS SceptreHMS SceptreFive ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sceptre, after the sceptre, a symbol of royal authority.* The first Sceptre, launched in 1781, was a 64 gun third rate ship of the line...
, the name given to five ships of the Royal Navy - Scepter of GothScepter of GothScepter of Goth, also spelled Sceptre of Goth, was an early multi-user text-based role-playing game, or MUD. Originally written by Alan E. Klietz, Scepter of Goth was one of the first commercial MUDs and the first commercial MUD in the United States...
, early multiplayer game - Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder & StoughtonHodder & StoughtonHodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.-History:The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged fourteen, with Messrs Jackson and Walford, the official publisher for the Congregational Union...
- AT&T SceptreAT&T SceptreThe AT&T Sceptre was a graphical terminal launched by AT&T in October 1983, used for the two largest deployments of videotex in the United States: Knight Ridder's Viewtron service in Florida, and the Los Angeles Times' Gateway service in Southern California...
, a graphics terminal made by AT&T from 1983 to 1986 - Sceptre (fusion reactor)Sceptre (fusion reactor)Sceptre was an early fusion power device based the Z-pinch concept of plasma confinement, built in the UK starting in 1957. They were the ultimate versions of a series of devices tracing their history to the original pinch machines, built at Imperial College London by Cousins and Ware in 1947...
,a z-pinch fusion reactor - SlipStream Scepter, kit aircraft