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Pliers Collection

Background imagePliers Collection: Tools used in carpentry and joinery

Tools used in carpentry and joinery
Various tools used in carpentry and joinery, including a vice, saws, chisels, a plane, pliers, a compass and a hammer

Background imagePliers Collection: Various shoemaking tools

Various shoemaking tools
Various tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread

Background imagePliers Collection: Blacksmiths outside their forge

Blacksmiths outside their forge
A superb photograph of six Blacksmiths and coachbuilders posing for a photograph outside their forge/workshop, each holding the tools of their trade

Background imagePliers Collection: Blacksmith at work in his forge

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

Background imagePliers Collection: Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer

Tools used by a saddler and upholsterer
Various tools used by a saddler and upholsterer, including pliers, pincers, skewers, needles and a knife

Background imagePliers Collection: Italian dentist - Naples

Italian dentist - Naples
Postcard entitled Neopolitan Customs ! An elderly lady about to have one of her teeth removed courtesy of the dentist and his rather serious-looking pair of pliers!! Date: circa 1910

Background imagePliers Collection: Jeweller at his bench with leather covers

Jeweller at his bench with leather covers. His tools include files, drills, hammer, pliers, wire drawer and crucible

Background imagePliers Collection: Regency jeweller working at his bench in a workshop

Regency jeweller working at his bench in a workshop
Jeweller working at his bench with leather covers in a workshop. His tools include files, drills, hammer, pliers, wire drawer and crucible

Background imagePliers Collection: Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947

Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947

Background imagePliers Collection: Comic postcard, Plumber and maid in kitchen Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plumber and maid in kitchen Date: 20th century

Background imagePliers Collection: 18th century lacrimal gland operation and surgical equipment

18th century lacrimal gland operation and surgical equipment
18th century lacrimal gland operation 6, and dental surgical equipment: silver spoon to cover the eye 1, cauterizing funnel 2 and cauterizer 3, bone perforator 4, teeth scaler 5, probe 7, splints 8

Background imagePliers Collection: Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Background imagePliers Collection: Saint Apollonia by Piero della Francesca

Saint Apollonia by Piero della Francesca (1416-1492) - Umbrian - painted on wood, apparently formed part of a polyptych. Date: 1462

Background imagePliers Collection: REPAIRING DOLLS

REPAIRING DOLLS
A dolls hospital in South London: a woman takes a pair of pliers to a broken dollys limb while a girl watches hoping to have her toy repaired in time for Christmas Date: 4 December 1929

Background imagePliers Collection: Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools. Olympia

Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools. Olympia
Greek Art. Greece. Iron tools of everyday use from the sanctuary of Olympia. Archaeological Museum of Olympia

Background imagePliers Collection: The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Plane

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Plane
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Plane the Carpenters Wife. circa 1910

Background imagePliers Collection: The vocation of Isaiah

The vocation of Isaiah. Engraving

Background imagePliers Collection: History. Utensils medicine. Turku. Finland. Pharmacy Museum

History. Utensils medicine. Turku. Finland. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Background imagePliers Collection: Destructive boy demolishes radio

Destructive boy demolishes radio
A destructive little boy prepares to demolish a radio - a little girl sticks her fingers in her ears to deaden the noise. Date: 1933

Background imagePliers Collection: Cartoon, A great Christmas present, WW1

Cartoon, A great Christmas present, WW1
Cartoon, A great Christmas present. A soldier opens a wooden crate marked Very Fragile to find his godmother is inside it. Date: 1916

Background imagePliers Collection: Blackspotted pliers support beetle, adult, on birch-bark

Blackspotted pliers support beetle, adult, on birch-bark, during a mating period (Rhagium mordax). in mixed forests near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Background imagePliers Collection: Tools for making musical instruments, c. 1750

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

Background imagePliers Collection: Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years Card

Have a Pain-free Year - Danish New Years Card
Have a Pain-free Year - Humorous Danish New Years Card showing a Gent atop an early aeroplane approaching his victim with tooth-removal pliers. Date: 1905

Background imagePliers Collection: Java - A goldsmith at work

Java - A goldsmith at work Date: circa 1910s

Background imagePliers Collection: Vive St Eloi (2 / 2)

Vive St Eloi (2 / 2)
VIVE SAINT-ELOI ! Saint Eloi (Eligius) is the patron of metalworkers (2/2)

Background imagePliers Collection: The Ironmongers Shop

The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store

Background imagePliers Collection: Happy Families / Mstr Chip

Happy Families / Mstr Chip
Master Chip the Carpenters Son, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Background imagePliers Collection: Caxton - Second Pawn

Caxton - Second Pawn
THE SECOND PAWN which stands before the Knight represents a smith who provides the knight with bridles, saddles etc

Background imagePliers Collection: Wood / Carpenter / Mstr Chip

Wood / Carpenter / Mstr Chip
Master Chip the Carpenters Son, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861


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