Antique Tools and Artifacts

Vintage illustrations of tools like pastry jaggers, door knockers, and branding irons. Detailed sketches showcase craftsmanship from the 1930s, rendered in muted tones.

Adelaide Dyball, Pastry Jagger, c 1937 Pastry Jagger
Adelaide Dyball, Pastry Jagger, c 1937 Pastry Jagger
Mary Hansen, Plane, c 1939 PlaneSteel Yard. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 45.8 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 21" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank M Keane.Louis Annino, Pewter Porringer, 1935 1942 Pewter PorringerAmerican 20th Century, Unknown Object, 1935 1942 Unknown ObjectSnuff Box. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 3/4" wide; 3/8" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Madeline Arnold.Lituus, Buccina, Cornet and Trumpets, Renaissance Musical InstrumentsEdward DiGennero, Drinking Fountain, c 1940 Drinking FountainAmerican 20th Century, Bell, 1935 1942 BellPewter Spoon. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 15/16" long. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Burton Ewing.Melita Hofmann, Parasol, 1935 1942 ParasolLock and Key. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 29 cm (8 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 6 1/2" wide; 5 1/4" high, 1 1/4" deep. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Maurice Van Felix.David P Willoughby, Silver Teaspoon, c 1940 Silver TeaspoonInhaler. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.9 x 27.9 cm (14 1/8 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" High. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.Shaker Chair Finials and Ball & Socket Foot. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 35.5 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Ray Holden.Tulita Westfall, Wooden Cart, c 1936 Wooden CartAnnie B Johnston, Copper Sugar Strainer, c 1938 Copper Sugar StrainerPa. German Bride's Hat Box. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 40.8 x 30.5 cm (16 1/16 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: 14 1/2" in diameter; 11 3/4" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George File.Geometric Weather Vane. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 26.6 x 38.1 cm (10 1/2 x 15 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Laura Bilodeau.Carpenter's Brace. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 53.5 x 28.6 cm (21 1/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 15 5/8" long; hand rest: 4" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacob Lipkin.Frank M Keane, Bonnet, c 1939 BonnetFrank J Mace, Fire Dogs or Andirons, c 1938 Fire Dogs or AndironsAlexander Anderson, Police Lantern and Club, 1938 Police Lantern and ClubErnest A Towers, Jr, Grandfather's Clock, c 1936 Grandfather's ClockSilver Baby Spoon and Fork. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.4 cm (11 x 13 15/16 in.). Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rose Campbell-Gerke.Alexander Anderson, Horse Head Hitching Post, 1938 Horse Head Hitching PostSpinning Wheel. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 40.8 x 29.9 cm (16 1/16 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George V. Vezolles.Former Hussite weapons in the collections of the Museum in Wroclaw and the Czech Museum in Prague; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884); 11.09.1862 (1862-00-00-1862-00-00);Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Praga ( Czech Republic), Wrocław (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), white weapons, gift (provenance), helmets, hussites, clubs, militaria, armaments, collections, museum collectionsDesign for a compotelepel.design for Cutlery.Minchiate Florentine. Set of 56 cards. The five sticks Anonymous. Florentine Minchiate. 56 cards game. The five sticks. Floor, brush colors. 1650-1700.Nicholas Amantea, Clamp Pincushion, 1940 Clamp PincushionVerna Tallman, Man's Linen Collar, c 1937 Man's Linen CollarSilver Tankard. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 26.3 x 35.3 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" high. Medium: pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lawrence Flynn.Charlotte Winter, Silver Spoon, c 1936 Silver SpoonFlat Iron Holder. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 21.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/8" long; 4 5/8" wide; 1 3/16" high. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Neva Coffey.Oval Dish 1800-1900 Anonymous, Italian, 19th century Italian. Oval Dish 390151Gildehoorn of the Grandfierchippers Guild in Harlingen. Gildehoorn of the Grandfierchippers Guild in Harlingen. Drinking harnesses in 1550 owned by the guild, provided with the silver tires in 1627.Old Polish armor; Levié, Adolphe (Fl. Ca 1860), Lemertcier, Rose Joseph (Paris 1858-1862 (1858-00-00-1862-00-00);Still life with a boterton and tub.Wooden Churn. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 50.1 x 36.3 cm (19 3/4 x 14 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Clyde L. Cheney.Mina Lowry, Weather Vane  Cock, c 1940 Weather Vane - CockJohn H Tercuzzi, Fluter, c 1940 FluterAncient brass swords. Brass sword found in the borders between Scotland and England 1, brass swords 2,3 and brass spear head 5 from Duddingston Lake, Edinburgh, and brass sword handle found near Peebles 4. Copperplate engraving from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdale, London, 1812.Shell, pleuroplooca trapezoid; Shells. .Benjamin Resnick, Flat Iron Holder, c 1937 Flat Iron HolderBaby's Cap. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.3 x 22.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Margaret Concha.Pastor in p Ock, il. Z: Aleksander Przedziecki, Edward Rastawiecki, "Patterns of the Medaline Art and from the Renaissance era after the end of the 17th century in former Poland" (Warsaw, 1855-1858), Series 2, tab. Yy; Gerson, Wojciech (1831-1901), Walter, H., Fajans, Maksymilian (Warsaw; Litographic and photographic insole; 1853-1892), Fajans, Maksymilian (1825-1890), Przedziecki, Aleksander (1814-1871), Rastawiecki, Edward (1804-1874), Unger, Józef (Warsaw; Drukarnia, Publisher, Ksi Garnia; 1841-Ca 1877); 1855-1858 (1855-00-00-1858-00-00);Syrena Swanson, Peg'in Stitch Boot, c 1937 Peg'in Stitch BootPaul Park, Doorway and Doors, c 1939 Doorway and DoorsStiegel Vase. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.3 x 24.5 cm (13 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: G. A. Spangenberg.Harry Grossen, Watch Key, c 1938 Watch KeyEthel Clarke, Bishop Hill  Bridal Box, c 1938 Bishop Hill: Bridal BoxFunnel. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.2 x 29.3 cm (8 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.). Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Garjian.Hat. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 23 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.Herman O Stroh, Smoothing Plane, 1940 Smoothing PlaneVolltreffer in Die 42 cm Patronhse. . I amTablespoon Mold. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.8 x 28.7 cm (9 x 11 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jules Lefevere.John Tarantino, Lamp, c 1937 LampMourning Ring. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 30.3 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John H. Tercuzzi.Ritual implements including a finial of a processional staff and part of a lion-shaped lamp, Talaga, Cirebon district, West Java province, 16th-18th century, Indonesia.Captain James Cook FRS  1728 1779  British explorer, navigator, cartographer, captain Royal Navy. Various tools Chisel adze flute needle beater gougeImplements used in the making of parchments. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.Fred Hassebrock, Bonnet, 1942 BonnetSilver Spoon. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 21.5 x 28 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 8 3/4" long; 1 3/4" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Winter.Powder Horn. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 49.6 x 40 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 3/4" long; 2 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Stanley Mazur.Woman's Slipper. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 24.6 x 35.1 cm (9 11/16 x 13 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francis Law Durand.Powder Horn. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 28.2 x 23.3 cm (11 1/8 x 9 3/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 2 1/2" in diameter; 8" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Annie B. Johnston.Sydney Roberts, Trivet, 1941 TrivetRay Price, Woman's Slippers, c 1937 Woman's SlippersEpiseopal MitreAR Tolman, Wood Carving, 1935 1942 Wood CarvingSword and dagger from the 15th and 16th centuries, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not knownSlipper. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 38 x 30.5 cm (14 15/16 x 12 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Nancy Crimi.J Henry Marley, Spur, c 1936 SpurCharlotte Winter, Silver Spoon, c 1936 Silver SpoonFranse kroon, Parijs, Chéreau, Jacques-François, Lalonde, Richard de, Le Meunnié, C., C Cahier de Pieds de Meubles à divers usages, Two furniture legs, Paris, verso - stamped, Two ornamented furniture legs, left with leaf motifs, right with a spiral shape., print, ornament print, prints, ornament prints, height 329 mm, width 160 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1784 - 1785, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, 1742-10-14 - 1794-05-16, publisher, granter of privilegeDesign for the Decoration of Two Firearms Accessories, a Ladle and a Screwdriver. Culture: Spanish. Designer: Eusebio Zuloaga (Spanish, Madrid and Eibar 1808-1898). Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (22.5 x 24 cm). Date: ca. 1850-51.This sheet and two others in the collection (acc. nos. 2015.100 and 2015.101) are rare examples of finished design drawings for the decoration of firearms and edged weapons created in the workshop of Eusebio Zuloaga, gunmaker to the Spanish monarchs, keeper of the Royal Armory in Madrid, and the most famous Spanish metalworker of the mid-nineteenth century. This sheet shows a ladle, screwdriver, and the handle of another implement, which would have been part of the cleaning and loading accessories supplied with an elaborate cased set of pistols made in the Zuloaga workshops in Madrid or Eibar. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Orville Skaren, Single Ox Yoke, 1939 Single Ox YokeMichael Angelo Hayes, 1811-1880, British, A Soldier's Knapsack: Two Studies, Side and Front View, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, white gouache, gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.Carpentry: an assortment of dividers, and calipers. Engraving by Benard after Lucotte.Geoffrey Holt, Pewter Plate, c 1937 Pewter PlateTHE DRUM USED AT FORT McHENRY, USA, America, 19th century engravingA variety of sea shells  including razor clams and  other bivalves and worm casts        Date: 1859Backsword with basket hilt from the 17th/ 18th century, from the collection of Antoni Strzałecki ; drawing for the publication: Dominika Jeżewskiego Skarbiec Zabytków Polskich znajdujących się w prywatnych zbiorach Warszawy, malował z natury Władysław Szt. Sztolcman, Władysław Roman (1873-1950), painterBrooch and Earring. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 31.1 x 24.5 cm (12 1/4 x 9 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, pen and ink, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Kurt Melzer.Candle Snuffer. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 28 cm (8 15/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 6" long. Medium: watercolor and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Lee Brown.Tournament jousting shields or roundels molded around the arm, early 16th century. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century," Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher.George V Vezolles, Shaker Scales, 1935 1942 Shaker ScalesAn aneroid barometer.          Date: 1875Engraving depicting wooden butter spade. Dated 19th CenturyWeather Vane. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.2 x 40.7 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Donald Donovan.Cabinet-making: a collection of tools. Engraving by Prevost after Lucotte.Stanley Mazur, Conductor Head, c 1937 Conductor HeadPickle Jar. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.5 x 24.9 cm (14 x 9 13/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Syrena Swanson.Glass Hat. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 29.8 cm (8 15/16 x 11 3/4 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Yolande Delasser.Weapons and utensils of African tribes, travel and exploration by Henry Morton Stanley, expedition how I found Livingstone in Central Africa 1871-1872The HU-CHIN and its bow ; the  SHENG, a small pipe instrument  the three-stringed SAN-HSIEN  the P'I-P'A, or balloon guitar  popular with minstrels and  ballad-singers.     Date: early 20th centurySilver Spoon. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 21.5 x 28 cm (8 7/16 x 11 in.) Original IAD Object: 9 1/4" long; 1 3/4" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charlotte Winter.Walter Hochstrasser, Pa German Cake Mold, 1935 1942 Pa. German Cake MoldOld engraved illustration of the mask helmet isolated on a white background. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami  1875.William McAuley, Bootjack, c 1939 Bootjack