Craft Collection (page 9)

Pochoir technique - Stylish Art Deco Greetings Card
Stylish Art Deco Greetings Card created using the Pochoir (French: stencil) technique, a highly refined method of making fine limited editions of stencil prints

On board landing craft - D-Day - WW2
One of fourteen photographs of scenes on board landing craft, wading ashore from landing craft at Ouistreham and Bernieres, St Aubin sector, 6 Jun 1944

Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads
Photograph: Liberation of Europe: Commandos Pour Into Beachheads, Fight Their Way Inland. Shows Commandos wading ashore from landing craft. One is carrying a small motor cycle. Picture issued: 1944

Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY
Photograph: Invasion craft of MONT FLEURY, NORMANDY, 0900 hours, 7th June, 1944. In the foreground is a DUKW (amphibious 3-ton lorry)

Betty Joel, a Model of Jacob Epstein
Model Betty Joel poses alongside the sculptures made of her by sculptor Jacob Epstein (1880-1959). Date: 1928

Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vase
An effective and unusual postcard illustration depictng a Japanese Ceramic Artist decorating a large vase. Date: circa 1920s

Lacemaking at Bailleau, Nord department, Northern France
Lacemaking at Bailleul, a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Date: circa 1908

The Bern Bear helps a Swiss woman with her yarn winding. Date: circa 1903

Sinhalese Lace Maker - Sri Lanka
A very attractive hand-coloured postcard showing a Sinhalese Lace Maker. The Sinhalese (Sinhala, Sinhala Jathiya, Hela or Sinhale) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka

Seated artisan working on an object, England
Seated, bearded artisan working on an object, England. circa 1970

Rainbow Wool for French Knitting circa 1930s

Joan Jordan creating The Tatler Xmas number cover, 1950
Danish-born artist, Joan Jordan, at work creating a cloth-cut montage design for the front cover of The Tatler, 1950. The finished cover is picture number 11067905. Date: 1950

Lacemaking - Rapallo, Liguria, northern Italy
An elderly woman making lace under an archway on the waterfront at Rapallo n the province of Genoa, in Liguria, northern Italy - situated on the Ligurian Sea coast, on the Tigullio Gulf

Advert for Aspinalls Enamel 1890
Aspinalls Enamel, paint for artist and decorators. 1890

Young boy - Jesuit Mission - Belgian Congo - Handmade Toys
A boy in Jesuit Mission in the Belgian Congo asks: " What do you think of my work?" - he has made a fine selection of wooden transport toys, a river steamer, a van

Italy. Port of Naples. Drawing by Jose Maria Garcia (1862-1936). La Ilustracion Artistica, 1884. Colored. Date: 20140727

Couple relaxing on a sail boat
This is really a delightful place. Edwardian scene depicting romantic couple spooning at the seaside on a smaill sailing craft. Date: 1905

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

The R. G. A. landing guns at Canakkale, Turkey
The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) landing guns at Canakkale, Turkey Date: 1923

W Beach - Gallipoli - British Sailors attend a beach service
Sailors from HMS Marlborough attending a service being held at Gallipoli - W Beach - looking towards Tekke Burnu (with wrecks of British light landing craft in the foreground). Date: 1923

Three scenes of Japan inset on a Japanese river scene
Three photographic scenes of Japan inset onto a traditional Japanese river scene showing a river craft navigating a section of rapids. Date: circa 1910s

Chinese Shoemaker Date: circa 1909

Human-powered Paddler Wheeler Ship, China - men were stationed fore and aft to tread on pedals so that (the vessels) could go forward or backwards. Date: circa 1920s

Chinese Junks in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1920s

Chinese River Badges, China Date: circa 1910s

Pazundaung Creek, Myanmar - showing traditional Burmese river boats and a backdrop of heavy mechanised industrial factories/buildings. Date: circa 1920s

Myanmar - A Marble Buddha Factory. Date: circa 1909

Anthropomorphic jar. 13th-16th centuries. Spain
Anthropomorphic jar. 13th-16th centuries. Gothic. From Church of the Carmen. Regional Museum. Manresa. Spain

Plate. 13th-16th centuries. Spain
Plate with zoomorphic decoration. 13th-16th centuries. Gothic. Manresana ceramics. Regional Museum. Manresa. Spain

Albania. Kruje. Sale of objects. Bazaar

High altar. Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona. Gothic. Made
High altar. Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona. Silversmiths craft. Gothic. Made in Girona. 14th century (between 1320-1348) with the propable participation of, at least

Hand loom. Woman weaving. Hungary
Woman weaving on a hand loom. Interior of Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Rugs. 20th century. Csik, Romania
Woven rugs. 20th century. From Csik, Romania. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Workshop handmade candles. Engraving of the eighteenth century in the Encyclopedie Diderot et d Alembert. Colored

Craftsman in his workshop. Colored engraving of 1852

Bookbinding in a European-run Japanese paper factory
European-run Japanese paper factory - sorting piles of handmade paper by size and weight. The European boss/overseer is at rear. Date: circa 1910s

Cannes, France - The return of a Tartane boat to port
Cannes, France - The return of a Tartane (fishing) boat to port in the morning light. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - Sailing junk in full sail. Date: circa 1908

Japan - Paper worker - Making parasols and lanterns. Date: circa 1910s

Two Old Prophets
Native African prophets simulated vision is not a series of guesses, in which he may possibly hit upon the truth. Prophets may be trying to discover the witchcraft that has been disposed upon an

Prophets vision
Native African prophet is not told of what the subject they wish to be enlightened, he is supposed to be acquainted with their thoughts

Cutting Glass Bowl
A craftsman cutting the facets of a glass bowl at a British glass factory Date: 1933

Temple of Solomon
According to Masonic doctrine, their craft has its origins in the building of King Solomons Temple, amid occult practices and sinister goings-on

Bestway pattern for Delightful Necklets, easily made from oddments. 1940s

Stonemason working with granite in a workshop. Date: circa 1970s

Lace making
A Buckinghamshire lace maker of the Old Bucks point lace at work, placing a pin into the parchment pattern. The picture shows also the hanging bunch of bobbins

The Embroidery Frame by Bertha Newcombe
A young Victorian woman using an embroidery frame, a sewing box next to her and an example of her work, in the form of a sampler, seen on the wall behind her. Date: 1905

Cross-shaped embroidered bookmark -- To dear Charley, 1875, with love, AF. Date: 1875

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