Tool Collection

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

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

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

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

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

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

Comic postcard, Soldier digging a trench. Date: 1914-1918

Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Engraved
Prehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Engraved bone with parallel vertical grooves. Unknown provenance. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta

Prehistory. Temple Period (4000 to 2500 BC). Malta. Alabaster fragment with serrated edges. From Mnajdra. National Museum of Archaeology. Valletta. Malta

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Russian camp. Field military workshop of the 9th Corps. Engraving by Smeeton Tilly. La Guerra de Oriente (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877

The spur maker The armourer, 16th century. Engraving
The trades. The spur maker. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix

The trades. Clothworker, 16th century. Engraving
The trades. Clothworker. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix

The fisherman, 16th century. Engraving
The fisherman. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

The wine grower, 16th century. Engraving
The wine grower. Facsimile after a drawing and engraving by Jost Amman in the 16th century. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

Threshing wheat, 16th century. Engraving
Threshing wheat. Engraving from a miniature in a calendar published in a book of hours, from the 16th century

15th century French peasant. Engraving after a miniature of the Danse macabre. Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878

Settlers working the land, 12th century. Engraving after a miniature in a manuscript called de la Sainte-Chapelle

History of France, 1100. From left to right: ploughmen
History of France, 1100. From left to right, 1-2: ploughmen, 3: nobleman. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

History of France, 1100. From left to right: ploughmen
History of France, 1100. From left to right, 1-2: ploughmen, 3: nobleman, 4-5-6-7: noble ladies, 8: warrior, 9: pilgrim. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume V, 1884

Cooper working on a barrel in a workshop
Cooper in apron hammering a metal hoop on a hogshead barrel with a mallet in a workshop. Hoops, saws, spoke-shave, stock and bit, adze and auger on the walls, wooden planks on the floor

Regency cabinet maker in his workshop. The room has tools, saws on the wall, with cabinet, chest, chair and other furniture in production

Furniture, tools and other objects, 12th and 13th centuries

Roman bath attendant with jar of oil and strigil, a tool to scrape oil from the skin. Engraved in emerald and dactylotheca from the collection of antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Balneator inc

Nicolas de Largillière, French portrait painter, 1656-1746
Nicolas de Largillière, French portrait painter and historical painter, born in Paris, 1656-1746. In powdered wig before a canvas and easel holding a double-ended chalk holder

Masons working on a building, 18th century
Masons working on a building, using trowels, chisels, hods, levels and other tools. and various types of brickwork 1-8. Architecture: maconerrie

Vertumnus and Pomona. Tapestry belonging to the the set History of Vertumnus and Pomona, based on cartoons attributed to the Flemish artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550)

Russian merchant makes calcultaions by means of an abacus (schoty). It was used in all shops and markets of Russia. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Chaillot

Iron pick. From Castro de A Cidi¡ de Borneiro (Cabana de Bergantinos, La Coruna province, Galicia, Spain). Late Iron Age. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle)

Key. Gravity type. Iron. Spain. Archaeological and History Museum (San Anton Castle). A Coruna, Galicia, Spain

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

Maori tools and weapons with elaborate carving: axe, fish knife, and box

Henry Maudslays revolutionary screw-cutting lathe, 1800. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J

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

Hardy Patent Pick Co. patent hand boring machine 1890s
Patent hand boring machine, for rock and coal, produced by Hardy Patent Pick Co, works in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Convair 580 N331G (msn 202) Capitalist Tool of Forbes Magazine at London Heathrow Airport

Stonemason 1856
Stonemason about cut into a stone block with his mallet and chisel. Date: 1856

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

Transland Ag-2 N8330H and N8831H
Transland Ag-2 N8830H and N8831H, 1st and 2nd prototypes

Transland Ag-2 N8330H, the first prototype in flight

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

Caucasus Georgia Kislovodsk - an old soldier. Vintage 19th century photograph

Japanese flower arrangement with chrysanthemum and plum, eigiku and ume. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with lords and ladies, leaves and flowers, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with bamboo and plum, take and ume. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with pine, plum and carnation
Japanese flower arrangement with Japanese pine, plum and camellia (matsu, ume and tsubaki). Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Guide to the vocabulary of Japanese flower arranging, ikebana. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with leaves and flowers, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Guide to preparing flowers for Japanese flower arranging, ikebana. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with daffodil, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with daisy, vase and tray
Japanese flower arrangement with daisy, leaf, vase and tray. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with orchid
Japanese flower arrangement with lords and ladies, Arum maculatum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with camellia, tsubaki. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

Japanese flower arrangement with plum in a vase on a beam. Handcoloured woodblock engraving hanga from a book of the Shinshintei school of Ikebana, 1835

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