Knife Collection (page 9)

Knife-Grinder / Belgium
A knife grinder working at Tournai market in Belgium Date: 1950

Knife-Thrower Assistant
The knife-throwers assistant Date: 1928

Knife-Thrower & Camera
A knife-thrower is photographed in action by an intrepid photographer Date: 1939

Sugared Ring Doughnuts

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Fat man - pig
Piggish. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a man who eats too much, from a pig. This old glutton, fond of good eating is a natural descendant of the pig

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

Parisian knife-grinder

The Motorists companion / W H Robinson
The Motorists companion: a Swiss army knife of usefulness, including small hammer for tapping a bent crankshaft into shape, and a cigarette holder

Algerian Chieftain
A affluent Algerian chief, with high headdress, hand on belt knife and a long string of dark beads around his neck

Interpreter and guard for travellers
A superb postcard showing an interpreter and guard that a traveller could hire for translation and protection!

Turkish boy standing with a traditional rifle
Young Turkish boy standing for a portrait photograph with a traditional rifle. He also wears a loose pouch and carries a long curved knife

Turkish Wrestler (3 of 4)
A Turkish wrestler, Ryza Bey, throwing knives. One knife is painted on the backdrop is if in mid-air! A series of cards (3 of 4) depicting a Turkish wrestler, juggler, weightlifter

A fight between two elderly gentlemen ensues
Two white-haired men, one clutching a knife, are locked in battle in the middle of a field

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey and Crete
In this cartoon postcard, John Bull, and personifications of France, Austria, Germany, Italy and Russia watch on, as Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) wields a knife in a dispute over Crete

Still life with crockery, cutlery, beer glass and newspaper
A still life on a table, with crockery, cutlery, a beer glass and a folded newspaper

Greek soldier in Traditional Costume
A Greek soldier in Traditional Costume. He is bristling with a wide variety of weaponry!

Dyak Warrior with fantastic shield
A Dyak warrior chief from Singapore, bearing a fantastic slender leaf-shaped carved wooden shield and carrying a spear, ready to (seemingly) throw at the photographer!

Kenilworth - Varney
May not my poor poniard serve, honoured madam? - Robert Varney, steward to the Earl of Leicester, presents his wrapped knife to Queen Elizabeth I

Labrador Eskimo Snow-house
Eskimo snow-house at Turnavick, Labrador. A small shelter is prepared for the team of husky dogs

The Struggle, for a Bengal Butcher and an Imp-pie
Another print about the impeachment of Warren Hastings. A tug-of-war is taking place, with Hastings in a jewelled turban and a large pie (Sir Elijah Impey) in the middle

The Fantassins of France
A French fusilier and trench-clearer standing together. The fusilier carries a Lebel rifle while the grenadier, or trench-clearer is equipped with a Browning pistol

Tools / Knives Etc / 1889
Various types of knife, adze, axe and other blades

Clovis Hugues / Hommes Auj
CLOVIS HUGUES French writer and radical politician

Chicago Stockyards 10
At the Chicago stockyards, three or four strokes of the butchers knife suffice to cut a sheep into pieces

Chicago Stockyards 5

Murder Mystery Party
An amusing game of Murder in the Dark. Our picture shows the Inquest, when each member of the party is asked to explain where they were when the murder occurred

A Knife and Fork Tea at Bill s
The first of two pictures by Edmund Blampied in a series called, Leaves from Life, showing a lower middle class family enjoying a simple dinner in a house

Gipsy Woman & Flowers
An old gipsy woman chops leaves off flower stalks, possibly tidying them up so that she can sell them. Her dog looks soulfully into her eyes, seeking her attention

St Bartholomew Reading
SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE he is always depicted carrying a knife, even when - as here - he is reading a book

Serbs Stabbed in Back
Serbs, fighting Germans and Austrians, are stabbed in the back by Bulgaria

Quarrel between a husband and wife
A violent quarrel between a husband and wife. He is about to hit her with a bottle, while she holds the paper knife as if ready to stab him

Caxton / Third Pawn
THE THIRD PAWN - who stands before the Bishop and represents a clerk

Philippe Ricord / Moloch
PHILIPPE RICORD French medical: a satirical view

Wilhelm I / Vfair 1871
KAISER WILHELM I Emperor of Germany, making a meal of it during the Franco- Prussian War, egged on by Carl V, 16th c Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain

Australian Soldier
A cheerful Australian soldier peeling a potato (?) with a rather large knife

Knife Grinder in Paris
A man grinding knives and scissors in Paris

Knife-Grinder at Butcher
A man working away sharpening knives at the back of a butchers shop or possibly an abattoir

Knife Grinder in London
Knives and scissors to grind? : a knife grinder hard at work in a London street sharpening a cleaver for a customer

Knife Thrower / Circa 1880
A knife thrower in leotard and tights prepares to throw another blade at his blindfolded assistant who is tied down to make sure she doesn t accidently flinch

Girl with Skipping Rope
A girl in a long sleeved dress with button front detail, narrow ruff & knife-pleated flounces at the hem & rear in imitation of womens fashion & buttoned boots

Husband / Wife / Belfast 19C
Man: short S-B jacket, rounded pocket flap, bound edges & cut-away at the front. Woman: jacket body, beaded collar, ruff, open tunic & skirt with knife-pleated flounces

Costume / Photo by Watson
Man: frock coat. Woman: jacket body, gauging & buttons on the cuff, ruff at the neck, draped tunic & a skirt with pleated flounces of varying depth & a very severe hairstyle

Delivery Boy Costume
Boy carrying a basket: boots, trousers, light coloured shirt style jacket in a coarse fabric, white collar & narrow bowtie, apron, quartered cap. A knife hangs from his belt

Mother in Law / Moloch
A French bell-mere (mother-in- law) depicted as a knife- wielding old misery surrounded by cactuses

Ainu Men / Japan
Ainu Men in traditional costume

Little Tom Tucker / Kg
Little Tom Tucker sings for his supper. What shall he eat ? White bread and butter. How shall he cut it without a knife ? How shall he marry, without a wife ?

Knife Grinders Dog
A dog helps a French knife- grinder by turning his wheel like a treadmill

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