Mallet Collection (#4)

Frontispiece, Legends of Gods Commandments -- Fridolin, a page of the King of Portugal. Date: published 1864

Compound Mallet Freight Engine locomotive, USA
Compound Mallet Freight Engine locomotive, built for the Southern Pacific line, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Collectors card, stone carver at work. Date: early 20th century

Medieval men and woman playing croquet with mallet and hoops.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell

High Street, Shepton Mallet, England
High Street, Shepton Mallet, near Wells, Somerset, England. Date: 1925

Market Place, Wells, Somerset
Market Place, Wells, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Date: 1900s

Tea Party, Dinder, Somerset
Tea Party, Dinder, Wells, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. Date: 1900s

Baby and dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

German postcard with stone inscription
German postcard with a gymnast carving an inscription into stone: Frisch Fromm Frohlich Frei, meaning fresh, pious, happy and free. Date: circa 1920s

Barrel maker, Japan
Barrel maker at work, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Colonials playing croquet, India. Date: circa 1890s

Two men sitting by a smoking brazier. The man on the right is putting items into a sack

Alain Manesson-Mallet
ALAIN MANESSON-MALLET French military engineer Date: 1630 - 1706

Croquet - postcard illustrating side strokes and drives
Croquet - a fantastic postcard of exquisite quality illustrating a wide variety of side strokes and drives. Date: circa 1910s

Practical Geometry by Allain Manesson Mallet
" Practical Geometry" by Allain Manesson Mallet. Fol. 85 depicting the surveying of fields (1702). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library."

Cart driver (18th c. ). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris
Cart driver (18th c.). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Two men walking, one carrying a shoulder pole with barrel-like containers, the other carries a long-handled mallet. Date 18--

A man, wearing a conical hat, a straw or feather outer garment, and boots, is carrying a long-handled tool, possibly a dipper or mallet, from which fish are hanging. Date between 1830 and 1850

Mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a hole in the handle. Print shows a mouse, facing front, sitting on a mallet with red ribbon through a hole in the handle

Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a mallet. Date 18--

Silhouettes of the horse as an entertainer -- from the top, the Royal Tournament at Olympia, Polo at Hurlingham, and a Meet of the Coaching Club in Hyde Park

Silhouette of cavalry display, 17th / 21st Lancers
Silhouette of a horse and rider in a cavalry display by the 17th/21st Lancers at the Royal Tournament. 1926

Silhouette of four polo players enjoying an energetic game

Silhouette of polo player on horseback
Silhouette of a polo player on horseback -- part of a cavalry display by the 17th/21st Lancers at the Royal Tournament. 1926

Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1
British troops breaking stones for road making around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders, during the First World War. circa 1917

Learning to Drive by Mallet
Tck, Tck! First gear once again, Mrs Turner and this time see if you can t drive RIGHT round the bend. A nervous learner driver has difficulty mastering the most basic of motoring skills. Date: 1953

A Ghostly Corner by Mallet
A driver careers around a tricky corner on a snowy road and tells his fellow passengers, Time out Council did something about that dashed corner - its always been a bit tricky

Workshop of H. Trauffer - Davos, Switzerland
The carpentry workshop of carpenter H. Trauffer of Davos, Switzerland, pictures carving a fabulous life-size Saint Bernard dog. Date: circa 1920s

Malby family at leisure in their garden
The Malby family (two children, and a woman in a deckchair) at leisure in their garden at Woodford, Essex

Clog makers in the Wye Valley, Mid Wales
A large group of clog makers in the Wye Valley, probably in the Mid Wales area

Gilding the Lily by Dennis Mallet
Gilding the Lily or True Patriotism at The Nook. An extremely patriotic and houseproud family go to extreme trouble to express their patriotism by individually painting all the yellow tulips in their

Man demolishing top of police public call box
A man demolishing the top of a police public call box, possibly after war damage during World War Two

Musical Croquet / W H Robinson
Charming additions to the game of Croquet - bells on the hoops and musical horns on the mallets. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Two French Ladies playing Croquet

Metal worker at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A metal worker makes a brass pot by traditional methods at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India. Date: 2007

Man with pan and mallet
A very unusual photograph of a man standing in the middle of his garden lawn with arms outstretched, holding a wooden mallet in one hand and a small metal pan in the other

Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised

Prince of Wales (George V) at Shepton Mallet
The Prince of Wales (soon to be George V), with his wife Mary behind him, plants an oak tree sapling as a memento of their visit to the market town of Shepton Mallet in Somerset. Date: 1909

Group of Workmen C1910
A group of workmen in their Sunday best, but with their workday tools -- possibly on a works outing

Various tools used in cartwrights trade
Various tools used in the cartwrights trade, including a mallet, a hatchet, a file, a plane and a set square

Transport / By Horse / Stage
Coaches were generally made of tough ash wood, with mahogany panels and leather upper parts; the finest made coaches commanded the best wages

The Carpenter 1827
A carpenter planing the edge of a board; a Turkey stone for sharpening his tools is in his work box and a newly made door and roof rafters behind him

Gf Rustichi / Larmessin
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO RUSTICHI Italian sculptor and architect

Properzia De Rossi / Larme
PROPERZIA DE ROSSI Italian sculptor and musician

Gold-Beater 1827
A gold-beater and his assistant hammering gold into ingots with special hammers

F Brunelleschi / Anon Eng
FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI Italian architect

Jesus the Chiseller
Young Jesus wields mallet and chisel, helping his father in the family carpentry business

An Arab by Mallet 1683
A portrait of a Mahomet of Arabia wearing a bejewelled turban with feather and a fur- lined tunic and coat

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