Tool Collection

Coopers at work making wooden barrels
Four coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Blacksmith Tools 1875
A range of tools used by a blacksmith or ironsmith, including pincers, a hook, files, a hammer and a mallet. 1875

Miners working at the coalface, South Wales
Two miners, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a coal seam in South Wales

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

Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery

Neanderthal spear point
A spear point once belonging to that of Neanderthal Man (Homo neanderthalensis). This specimen was discovered in Gorhams Cave, Gibraltar

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

Bone objects. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC
Bone objects. C. 8700 BC. Skottemarke, Lolland. Maglemosian Culture, 9500-6500 BC. Mesolithic. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Ubiquitous bulldozer by G. H. Davis
The ubiquitous bulldozer: a mechanical tool of peace becomes an important weapon during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Harvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Making horse tack in a workshop
Two craftsmen preparing the leatherwork for horse tack; shaping, stretching and sewing the pieces to the correct shape and size. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Salt mine, near Cracow 1870
Salt mine of Wielitska, near Cracow, Poland, workmen deep down in the mines, chipping away at the salt. Date: 1870

Miner working at the coalface, South Wales
A miner, stripped to the waist, working at the coalface in a mine in South Wales

Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century

Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s
Selection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Poker, detail
Cast polished steel fire poker with a twisted brass handle and a floral finial, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a shovel

Fire shovel, reverse
Cast polished steel fire shovel with a decorative brass handle, a floral finial and a bell-shaped blade with a pierced flower motif, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a poker

Poker
Cast polished steel fire poker with a twisted brass handle and a floral finial, part of a set of fire tools including tongs and a shovel

Coal vase
Japanned coal vase made from lacquered tin plate with gilding and painted floral decoration on the lid, cast iron claw feet and iron lion mask handles, with a removable tin-plate liner

Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

18th century surgical equipment
Bone saw 1, pincers 2, 3, scissors 4, lead mallet 5 and hook for childbirth 6. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderots Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779

Hircocervus, goat-stag or horse-stag - The Trusty Servant

Stone Age Man in the World Today -- men of the Warramunga tribe of Australia, with stone tools, showing similarities with people of the Stone Age. Date: 1922

The Hardy Simplex, early 1900s

RMS Titanic, Samuel Alfred Smith Archive, leather tool bag
RMS TITANIC - THE SAMUEL ALFRED SMITH ARCHIVE: Early 20th century leather tool bag of joiner's woodworking tools owned and used by Samuel Smith

Emile's forge, Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie
Emile's forge, donated by Maurice Bernard from Eurville, with hearths, bellows, tools, power hammers, anvils and stamping machines, at the Conservatoire des Arts de la Metallurgie

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight. For some years after World War II the Transland Aircraft Company of Torrance, California, a division of Hi Shear Rivet Tool Co

W & C Wynn, Heavy Steel Toy and Tool Makers, Birmingham
Advert, W & C Wynn, Heavy Steel Toy and Tool Makers, Suffolk Street, Birmingham Date: circa 1850

The Land Girl
A side profile portrait painting of a girl who is grasping the wooden handle of a gardening tool, she is wearing baggy shirt and a sun hat, in the countryside. Date: circa 1922

Ralston and Co Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for Ralston & Co. promoting the periscope sketcher, a useful tool for artists to aid them with perspective and proportion. Date: circa 1919

Japan - A seal engraver at work
A seal engraver at work, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Advert, Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools
Advert, Messrs Burgess and Key, wholesale agents for Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools Date: 1856

Mrs Chips the Carpenter's Wife

Miss Chips the Carpenter's Daughter

Master Furrow the Farmer's Son

Il Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide

Dentist's equipment, dental instruments Date: 1920

Dentist's equipment, dental drill Date: 1920

Dentist's equipment, dental drill parts Date: 1920

Spanish Civil War poster, Juan Negrin
Spanish Civil War poster in the Catalan language. Companys -- I could not live without freedom. Juan Negrin -- The intimate root of Catalunya is nourished by liberal substances. Date: circa 1938

Tower Babel 1563 Brueghel Pieter Elder Bruegel
tower, babel, 1563, brueghel, pieter, elder, bruegel, allegories, time, vanitas, architecture, building, crane, construction, death, allegory, giraffe, megalomania, nebuchadnezzar, ii, biblical, old

Sakkieh, or water wheel, Egypt
19th century vintage photograph: sakkieh, or water wheel used to irrigate farm crops, agriculture

Kago, sedan chair, on the shore of Lake Hakone
Vintage 19th century photograph - Meiji era Japan: torri, carrying chair, sedan chair, on the shore of Lake Hakone

Pacific Islands, Oceania: native indigenous tribal artifacts
Vintage 19th century photograph - Oceania, Pacific Islands, probably Fiji, Tahiti or Western Samoa: native indigenous tribal artifacts

Farmers and an ox driven water wheel or sakkieh, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: Egypt c.1880s - farmers and an ox driven water wheel or sakkieh, used to irrigation, irrigation, of land and farm crops

Sanmaibashi, wooden bridge near Yumoto, Japan
Vintage 19th century photograph of Japan - kago or carrying chair at the Sanmaibashi, bridge near Yumoto

The Cisterns of La Malga or Cisterns Tunis, Tunisia
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Cisterns of La Malga or Cisterns of La Maalga are a group of cisterns, which are among the most visible features of the archaeological site of Carthage near

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