Scythes Collection

Draycott, Cotswold vllage, Oldborough Farm, men and scythes
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, five men in field with scythes. Date: circa 1920

Twelve men went to mow
Twelve farmworkers hand mowing with scythes. Taken at Maldon Essex in 1907 Date: 1907

Cutting the Calacht, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view of five people in a field, three with scythes, about to throw the scythes at a corn stack

Sharpening a scythe blade, c. 1800
Man sharpening a scythe blade to mow grass, c.1800 Date: C.1800

Bracelet. 2nd c. BC. Gold and turquoises. From the Sarmatian tribes. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum

Scythian art
Terminal with a Griffin Head. 7th c. BC. Bronze and iron. Proceeds from Kelermess Barrow No. 4 (Kuban Region), Ukraine. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg

Mowing Corn With Scythes, Toome, Co. Antrim - a view in a field of men scything and ladies collecting the corn. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s

Plaque with Scythian Warriors. Gold repousse, 14x19 cm. It is possible that the plaque formed part of the decoration of a horses harness. 4th century BC. Proceeds from Geremes Barrow, Ukraine

Staff Head. Bronze, 17 cm. 4th century BC. Proceeds from Alexandropol Barrow, Ukraine. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum. Proc: UKRAINE

Stick handle with figure of a stag 7th BC. Bronze. Proceeds from Kuban, Russia. Scythian Art. Jewelry. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum. Proc: TURKEY. BLACK SEA COAST

Polish Insurgents
After the Second Partition (1793) Polish patriots led by Kosciuszko rebel against the occupying forces : many of his supporters are peasants armed only with scythes. Date: 1794

Central France - Soup of the Day
Central France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day

Making Scythes / Grinding
Making scythes at Belbroughton, Worcestershire. Here the blades are being ground by hand on huge wheels

Mowing Clover
MOWING CLOVER two men with scythes

Harvesting France C1920
The Harvest: men, women & children set to at harvest time - sharpening scythes, cutting the crop, gathering into stooks & loading the cart - a child picks field poppies

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