Tools 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

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

Bookbinding Tools 1875
Various tools used in bookbinding, including a pair of compasses, a mallet, presses, a knife, a set square, needle and thread, and a gouge

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

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

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

Building and masonry tools
Various building and masonry tools, including a saw, a mallet, chisels, hatchets, a trowel and a hammer

Knapped Flint Tools
A selection of flint and bones tools from a range of prehistoric eras incl. microliths used in compound tools of the mesolithic to earlier scrapers and choppers

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

Young Lady doing a pedicure on herself (before getting dressed!). Date: circa 1920s

Tailoring tools
Tools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron

Leather making and tannery tools
Various tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook

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

Various butchery tools
Tools used in butchery, including a mallet, a chopper, an axe, and various knives and cleavers

Various coopers tools
Various tools used by a cooper or barrel maker, including mallets, a hammer, a hatchet and a knife

Blacksmith & Horse 19C
A blacksmith puts a new shoe on a bay mare

GWR navvies, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A group of ten Great Western Railway navvies working on the Treffgarne railway at Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

House carpenter planing a board on a bench. His workshop contains carpentry tools such as saws, hammer, chisel, as well as finished products such as a door, rafters, ladder, etc

The Plumber

Grinling Gibbons / Evelyn
GRINLING GIBBONS English woodcarver and sculptor, with John Evelyn at the door, about to discover him

Victorian Shoemaker
A Victorian shoemaker in his workshop

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

Nativity / With Lamb
Classical Nativity compostion; Joseph carries his carpenters tools

Steam hammer, details of piston and cylinder
Steam hammer, front elevation and details of piston and cylinder

Range of bakery tools and ingredients
A range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour

Boy Repairs Boots / 1930
A boy is taught to mend his own boots in classes at a London School

Hatter Circa 1850
A London hatmaker blocks a gentlemans top hat : the body of the hat is made from rabbit fur, covered with beaver fur, and shaped according to the fashion of the day

Richard Belt, Sculptor
RICHARD BELT Sculptor

German poster campaign for injured soldiers
German poster to raise funds for war wounded soldiers, showing a soldier with a crutch in his left hand and tools in his right

Comical monkey sculptor. early 19th century

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - Carpentry
St Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools

A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
A Fountain Pen Repair Shop - The Pen Shop - at 112 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Date: 1940

Harry Prices ghost hunting kit
Undated photograph of Harry Prices ghost hunting kit, comprising a Reflex and cine cameras, tools for sealing doors and windows, apparatus for secret electrical controls, steel tape

Hopi Potter 1908
Nampeyo, a renowned pot-maker of the Hopi village of Tewa, northeastern Arizona : her pots are hand-made in every sense - no wheel or elaborate tools are used

Gypsy & Crystal Ball
A Gypsy fortune teller gazes deeply into a crystal ball. Other tools of divination are nearby, the drained teacup for reading the tea leaves, and a pack of cards for the tarot

Advert, Hardys High-Class Tools, Sheffield Date: 1906

Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, harvest
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, Hodgkins family group, bringing in the harvest pre-1915. Date: circa early 1910s

Street Life London 1878 - Street Locksmith
John Thomson Street Life London 1878 - Street Locksmith

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

J Nasmyths patent steam hammer, front elevation

Automatic speed regulator

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

Saddler at Work C. 1800
A saddler, in apron, works at a bench. Various tools can be seen in his workshop including a round paring knife

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

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

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

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Pipe the Plumber. Date: 20th century

Scene in Petticoat Lane
Traders in Petticoat Lane selling an eclectic selection of tools-saws, chisels, plyers, locks and even a giant corkscrew are laid out on the street

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

Tools of an Architect
A plan for a neo-classical building is rested against the tools of the surveyors architects and builders who will construct this edifice

TOOLS / SAWS / 1889
Various types of saw

Farming / Sharpening Tools
Sharpening tools on a grindstone - one man turns the wheel, his mate presents the blade to the stone

Comic postcard, Roof damaged in air raid - This will be the third time I've put that blooming roof on! Date: 1914-1918

Africa - Ebony carver. Date: circa 1970s

Mason Safety Matches - Matchbox top carton label

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 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

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

Brickmaker shaping clay bricks in a mold next to a kiln. Bricks lay drying on a wheelbarrow. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J

Bricklayer and navvy on a building site
Bricklayer in apron and hat laying bricks with trowel and cement. He is standing on a platform on scaffolding, while a navvy shovels sand

Brewer stirring mash in a huge vat in a brewery
Brewer stirring mash in a huge vat while another man shovels coal into a furnace. Other men roll whisky barrels on the ground floor

Brazier hammering a brass pan in a workshop
Brazier in apron and cap hammering a brass pan with a mallet in a workshop. The shop has a worktable and oven, kettle, pot and spoon and tools

Tallow chandler making candles in a workshop
Tallow chandler in apron and sleeve protectors making candles in a workshop. He dips a rack of wicks into molten wax. In the foreground, a barrel and rack of finished candles

Stone mason carving a stone cornice with mallet and chisel
Stone mason carving a stone cornice with round mallet and chisel on a bevel. In the background, another mason cuts a block of stone with a saw

Tanner moving a leather hide in a liming pit in a tannery
Tanner in apron using a stick to move a leather hide in a liming pit in a tannery. The hides are soaked in curing, liming and picking pits to soften and clean the leather

Women and girl weaving straw hats in a parlor. One woman sews a hat, and a girl stands on a stool with a pair of scissors. A hat on a stand in the window, and hats and boxes on the floor

Book-binder planing a book block in a bindery
Book-binder planing a book block in a laying press in a bindery. Several volumes in a press behind him, with brass hand tools, glue, finishing stove

Stocking weaver seated at a loom in a workshop
Stocking weaver seated at a stocking-loom in a workshop. The knitting machine handled silk, cotton and wool. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J

Soap-makers boiling soap in a factory. Man in coat and hat stacking soap in molds, another man pitching neat soap from a large vat of boiling animal fats and alkali

Sculptor in apron carving a statue in a workshop
Regency sculptor in apron carving a statue with round mallet and chisel in a workshop. Classical busts, statues, capitals, vases, and other statuary on the walls and floor

Potter in apron shaping a clay bowl in a workshop
Potter in apron shaping a clay bowl on a wheel in a workshop. A man drives the wheel with a hand-cranked engine. A boy kneads clay at a table behind him

Shoe-maker cutting leather at a table in a shop
Shoe-maker cutting leather with a round knife at a table in a shop. A boy in an apron sits with a last behind him

Shipwright driving wedges into the stern of a ship
Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Sawyers cutting timber with a large saw in a lumber yard
Sawyers cutting timber with a large two-man saw in a lumber yard. Another man stands in a saw pit below pulling the saw down

Plumbers fixing lead pipes on a building site

Bookseller showing titles to customers in a Regency bookshop. A customer looks at a leather binding at the counter, and a woman in a bonnet sits reading

Pin-makers manufacturing pins in a workhouse. A woman in bonnet and fichu uses a foot-powered machine to cut wire into pins, while a man draws wire on a frame

Pewterer hammering a pewter mug on an anvil in his workshop. Products include plates, tankards, spoons, teapots, coffee pots, jugs, etc

Paper maker removing a screen with a sheet of paper from a vat
Paper maker in cap using a screen to remove a sheet of paper from a vat of fibers in suspension. Behind him, a large press, stack of papers, and sheets of paper drying from the ceiling

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