Chisel Collection

Wheelwright makinbg wooden wheels, Blists Hill, Ironbridge
A skilled wheelwright works on a wooden cart wheel in his workshop at Blists Hill Working Museum, Ironbridge, Shropshire. First published The Independent newspaper Date: 1989

Splitting Slates
A workman uses a hammer and chisel to split slates in the biggest slate quarry in the world at Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales

House carpenter planing a board on a bench. His workshop contains carpentry tools such as saws, hammer, chisel, as well as finished products such as a door, rafters, ladder, etc

Blacksmith at work in his forge
An elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench

Grinling Gibbons / Evelyn
GRINLING GIBBONS English woodcarver and sculptor, with John Evelyn at the door, about to discover him

Apprentice splitting slate, Delabole Quarry, Cornwall
An apprentice splitting a slate at the Delabole Quarry in North Cornwall. Slate has been mined in the area since the middle ages

Mrs Chips the Carpenter's Wife

Masonry and sculpture tools and equipment
Italian Masonry and sculpture tools and equipment on display Date: circa 1920s

English tourist in a bird basket in a gannet hunt
English tourist riding in a bird basket in a gannet or guga hunt on the isle of St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Doctor Factobends recantation in the bird basket, St. Kildd

Stone mason carving a stone with mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw

Stonemason at work in a graveyard. circa 1800

Comical monkey sculptor. early 19th century

Stonemason 1856
Stonemason about cut into a stone block with his mallet and chisel. Date: 1856

TOOLS / CHISELS ETC / 1889
Various types of chisel, knife and gouge Date: 1889

Masonic tools. Drawing. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 du Grand Orient de France et de la Franc-Ma篮 nerie Europ饮 ne

Cadburys Happy Families - Mr Block
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mr Block the Sculptor. circa 1950

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Block
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Block the Sculptors Son. circa 1950

Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hants - Dressing watermill stone
Calbourne, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - " Dressing the stone" at the watermill. Date: circa 1950s

Myanmar - A Marble Buddha Factory. Date: circa 1909

Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Chips the Carpenters daughter. 20th century

Iron tools. 11th-12th centuries
Iron tools. Scissors, key, knife, spoon auger, chisel, fishing spear and sickle. 11th-12th centuries. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany

Caricature of Richard Claude Belt, English sculptor
Caricature of Richard Claude Belt (1851-1920), English sculptor -- The Champion-Belt. A libel case between him and a former employer, Charles Lawes, ran for six months in 1882

Book of Trades, The Sculptor. 1841

Stone Mason 1827
" The business of the stone mason consists of hewing and squaring stone and marble, in cutting them for the purposes of building". Date: 1827

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

Tools for making musical instruments, c. 1750
Various tools for the manufacture of musical instruments, c. 1750. Date: c. 1750

Shaping a Horseshoe
A young farrier (blacksmith) uses a hammer and chisel on his anvil to shape a horseshoe. Date: 1960s

A relief wood carver and his work
A relief wood carver seated alongside his work and the tools of his trade Date: circa 1920

Field equipment

Daks advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Daks suits by Simpson of Piccadilly featuring a well-groomed 1950s chap wearing his suit well. Date: 1953

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

Denys Geuch with statue of Edward VII
The sculptor Denys Geuch working on a statue of Edward VII, showing the late king in an informal pose, wearing sailing clothes

Carpenters building a wagon
Three carpenters working on a wooden wagon, using traditional tools and techniques. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Stonemason at Work
A Stonemason prepares a large block of stone whilst sheltering from the hot sun below a wicker shade

C17 Stoneworker
A stoneworker working with hammer and chisel

Constructing a House
Many men work on the construction of a house supported by scaffolding: laying bricks; dragging a heavy post using rollers; carving with a chisel Date: 1770

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

C17 Stone Worker / Woodcut
A stoneworker working with a hammer and chisel

7 Wonders / Mausoleum / Pic
In 353 BC, Greek architects Satyros and Pythios were ordered to design & build a huge tomb for Mausolus of Caria, provincial ruler of Persian Empire, by his wife

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