Craftsmen Collection (page 3)

Tub Manufacturing - Stana
Making wooden buckets/tubs at Stana (Stina) Romania Date: circa 1910s

Albanian Stonemasons Date: circa 1910s

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

Bootmakers in Cyprus
Making traditional Cypriot heavy boots in Cyprus Date: circa 1910s

EARLY NORMAN FONT
An early Norman font, actually made by Saxon craftsmen, in the church at Launcells, near Bude, Cornwall, England. Date: 11th or 12th century

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (1 / 4)
Dippers at work, glazing the ware, Date: circa 1910s

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (4 / 4)
Flat presser making dishes at a pottery in Burslem, Staffs Date: circa 1910s

Jews making mosaics - Syria
Jews making Mosaic patterns in Syria. The tessera are being cut by a craftsman with a handsaw, while his young assistant mixes the suitable cementing adhesive

UK ceramics Industry at Burslem, Staffs (2 / 4)
Making toilet ware at Burslem, Staffs (making the jugs for jug and basin sets). Date: circa 1910s

Indian Silver and Gold Craftsmen
Metalworking in silver and Gold in India Date: circa 1920s

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

Indian Goldsmiths at work

Terazije - Belgrade, Serbia
Terazije - the central square and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. Here local men make traditional costume pieces including the highly decorated jerkins

Tunisia - Boutique of a leather worker / saddler
A craftsmen working in leather sits making handbags and saddles in his Tunisian shop / boutique

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

Tunisia - Plaster Carving
The carving of fantastically decorative plaster screens in a Tunisian workshop

Tunisia - Wood Turning
A wood turner in Tunisia, making an elegant table leg - the basic lathe appears to be foot-operated

Artisans - Morocco
Moroccan street artisans, making decorative inlaid furniture items in wood and metal

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Filling working horse collars
A rural craftsmans fillas a collar for a working horse with straw. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Carpenters saw a large log
A team of carpenters use a long two-person saw to split a large trunk log into planks. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Two thatchers at work
Two thatchers repair the thatch on the roofs of two traditional country cottages. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Egypt - Basket Makers
Basket Makers - Egypt

Arab Carpentry Shop, Cairo, Egypt, making screens, furniture, bookstands and Mother-of-pearl inlay

Worcester China Vase 2
Why import Chinese vases all the way from China when the craftsmen at the Worcester manufactory can produce work like this ?

Pantomime Masks
Two craftsmen prepare bighead masks for the pantomime season

Naples / Santa Lucia 1861
SANTA LUCIA Busy quayside scene with fishermen and craftsmen selling their wares

Goldsmith at Work / C16
A goldsmith beats out gold leaf, which is then stored between paper by his colleague on the right

German Goldsmiths / C16
The workshop of German Goldsmith Hans Brosamer von Fulda (1506 - 1554)

Goldsmiths Workshop C16
Interior of the Atelier workshop of Etienne Delaulne, a celebrated goldsmith of Paris

Goldsmith / 16th Century
Goldsmiths at work

Dagger Found at Mycenae
A dagger blade ca 16th C.BC, found at Mycenae by Schliemann. Probably made by Minoan craftsmen for use by a Mycenaean, as the hunters are in the Minoan style

Wimbledon Tarpaulin
In preparation for the annual All England Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon, sailmakers repair the tarpaulin used to cover Centre Court, should rain stop play

Chair-Making C1760
Two French craftsmen work on the elaborate upholstery on a pair of Louis XV style Fauteuils (armchairs)

Madrid / Palace Retiro
PALACE OF BUEN RETIRO The Porcelain Room, lined with porcelain created by Italian craftsmen who were installed in the palace grounds

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