Grindstone Collection

Persian women using a large grindstone, Iran Date: circa 1900s

Farming / Sharpening Tools
Sharpening tools on a grindstone - one man turns the wheel, his mate presents the blade to the stone

Blade mill with grindstones designed by John Smeaton
View, plan and elevation of a blade mill with grindstones designed by John Smeaton. Copperplate engraving by Mutlow from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G. Kearsley, London, 1813

Cupids on a romantic card by Robert Dudley
Two cupids on a romantic card by Robert Dudley, sharpening an arrow on a grindstone -- Such glee be thine as sunny smiles create! Date: circa 1880s

View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall Date
View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall

GRINDSTONE HANDBILL
Handbill offering grindstones, mounted or unmounted in varying degrees of sophistication. Date: circa 1870

17th century Grinder
A grinder sharpens a knife on a grindstone. Date: 17th century

Nontron, Dordogne - Blacksmith High School. Date: 1906

Tradesman sharpening scissors on a Christmas card
Travelling tradesman sharpening scissors and other items on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca. 1500-1510. Master of the Sa
Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1475-1510). German painter. St Bartholomew Altarpiece, ca.1500-1510. Oak. From left to right: St John the Evangelist and St Margaret

A barber sharpens his razors - Adana, Turkey
A barber sharpens his razors on a grindstone turned by his young assistant - Adana, Turkey

Gertrude Jekylls Garden fork and lawn shears placed on an old mill grindstone at Munstead Wood (Grade I listed), the home of influential British horticulturist, garden designer

England. London. Scene of street. 19th century. Engraving by Millerlove La Ilustracion Iberica, 1885. Colored

Caricature against C. II
Presbyterian Intolerance A caricature against Charles II. Date: 1651

Scene inside a mill, Holy Land, with the miller at work grinding corn. Date: 1920s

China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver
Shanghai, China - A Chinese cutler, sharpening a Chinese Cleaver on a wetstone. Date: circa 1910s

Carpenter at Work / Sawing
A carpenter uses a large frame saw to split a thin piece of wood held tightly to his bench

Mobile Grinder 1970S
Henry Jones, mobile grinder with his grindstone on a trolley, Horley, Surrey, England

Back to the Grindstone
A grinder and his assistant sharpening knives or other tools on a grindstone

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