Metal Work Collection

Brazil - Street vendor in Rio de Janeiro
Superb postcard from Brazil depicting Street vendor (seemingly specialising in pots, cans and pans) in Rio de Janeiro. He carries the majority of his wares in a large tin tub balanced on his head

RAF workshops WWII
A man working on a lathe in an RAF aircraft workshop during World War II

Moscow Kremlin, Russia: The Cannon of the Tsar. Date: 2010

A street in the Kasbah, Algiers
Looking down a street in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria. Some of the upper levels of the houses have ornate bird houses. The European influence in the city is clearly marked by the ironwork lamp (left)

Affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman
An affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman, her jewellery a brash show of visible wealth

Iberian Helmet found at the Necropolis of Tugia: funeral chamber of Toya, in Peal de Becerro, Spain

Patera with Lion Head
An Iberian Patera with a Lions head in relief. Silver with gold sheets

Metalwork Gothic Crown
Gothic church-crown (candelabra) from Jarn, Sweden. Date: medieval

A man engaged in metalwork, appears to be melting statues to reuse the metal, with a kitten next to his left leg. Date between 1790 and 1840

Craft school Pottery, modeling, weaving, painting, drawing, woodcarving, sewing, needlework, metalwork, photography. Poster for WPA Federal Art Project sponsored art

The Royal State Harness Date: circa 1910

Last supper, Lija Parish Church, Lija, Malta
Last supper according to the Jewish rite, Lija Parish Church, Lija, Malta GC: the chalice Date: 2011

Poster advertising War Savings, encourage people to invest in war bonds to support the ATS (the womens branch of the army, the Auxiliary Territorial Service). 1940s

Cairo - Brasswork Factory in the Khan el-Khalil Bazaar Date: circa 1903

Presentation Cups
Presentation cups for men and women who have distinguished themselves by sporting prowess, intellectual achievement or giving money to the right people... Date: 1930

Angola - Woman with extraordinary jewellery
Angola - Woman with the extraordinary hairstyle and neck jewellery/adornment of the region of Huila Province. Date: circa 1910s

Christening Silver 1818
Silver candelabras and candlesticks, also Russian samovar and silver dish with ewer, used at the christening of King Christian IX (father of Queen Alexandra), 1818. Date: 1930s

Unusual Farmyard Gate
An unusual farm gate, with a spade, scythe, axe etc, incorporated into its design, near Tring, Hertfordshire, England. Date: March 1939

Beverley Minster Gate
A splendid wrought iron gate in a corner of Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, England. The minster took centuries to build and is renowned for its magnificent architecture. Date: Medieval

Georgian Verandahs
Ornate ironwork verandahs decorating fine Georgian houses at Clifton, Bristol, England. Date: early 19th century

Forging Wrought Iron
Forging wrought iron gates. Date: 1960s

Cathedral of Santa Marla Menor - Dominican Republic Cathedral of Santa Mar�la Menor - Dominican Republic
The Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic. The remains of Christopher Columbus were once housed (in the urns depicted) at the Cathedral

Paris Exhibition - Great Indian Exhibition (2 / 3)
People from the Malabar region of southern India (lying between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea) at the Grande Exposition Indienne held in Paris in 1902

Buckingham Palace gates, 1835
The gates of Buckingham Palace, as shown on the front cover of The Mirror, 1835. See picture 10030204 for a photographic version, now at Marble Arch. Date: 1835

Kashmir Walnut & Copper Carving, India
A highly-skilled craftsman producing carvings in copper and walnut wood - Kashmir, India. Date: 1910s

Female Blacksmiths
German women blacksmiths at work. Date: early 1930s

Female Blacksmith
A German woman blacksmith heating her irons in the furnace. Date: early 1930s

Workers riveting a girder at a Sunderland shipyard
Workers riveting the centre girder of a turret vessel at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

Foundry mark, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
A foundry mark in the blacksmiths shop at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Chain room, Wormwood Scrubs Prison, West London
The chain room at Wormwood Scrubs Prison in West London. The walls are lined with chains and handcuffs. A prison inmate is at work

Blacksmith in his forge, working on a horseshoe
A young blacksmith in his forge, working on a horseshoe, at the Black Country Museum, Birmingham, West Midlands

Blacksmiths Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Blacksmiths shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Indian Goldsmiths at work

The Guildhall, Guildford
The Guildhall (restored in 1683), Guildford

Tunisia - Arab painters
Arab painters decorate metal pots/ewers in Tunisia, North Africa

Arabian Merchant - promotional card
Promotional postcard for an Algerian merchant selling items from across North Africa and the Middle East. English Spoken !

Butt Welding railway rails
A fantastic colour photograph showing the sparks flying up during the butt welding of railway rails. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Shaping metal plate in a large hydraulic press
Two factory workers remove a metal plate from a large industrial hydraulic press after shaping. The completely piece appears to be the bodywork for a road vehicle. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Seam welding aluminium plates - arc lamp
Two welders seam weld aluminium plates onto the roof of a liquid methane tank at Canvey Island under the light of an arc lamp. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A Pottery Factory
Workers (and the manager or owner - at right) in a Turkish pottery and sand-casting factory

Street vendor - Adana, Turkey
A vendor of Sherbet - Adana, Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - Travelling ironmonger
A travelling itinerant ironmonger with his young assistant and some of his wares at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store

Park Railway Station, Johannesburg
Park Station, Johannesburg, South Africa

Percival Market, Gujarat, India
The fabulous ironwork entrance to the Percival Market in Gujurat, India. A fusion of British colonial and Asiatic architectural styling

German Beer Pot
An elaborate German beer pot, or tankard; the handle is in the form of two intertwined snakes

Cairo Street Scene / C1970
A Cairo Street scene

Welder at Work
Welding metalwork with an industrial blow torch

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