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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
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Siphons and Drains, Medical - Antique Surgical InstrumentsCollection of ancient tool designs still used today. Including chisels, Hammers and KnivesIndian sitars and a vina with large soundboxes. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J. Hipkins' "Musical Instruments, Historic, Rare and Unique," Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888. Alfred James Hipkins (1826-1903) was an English musicologist who specialized in the history of the pianoforte and other instruments. William Gibb was a master illustrator and chromolithographer and illustrated "The Royal House of Stuart" (1890), "Naval and Military Trophies" (1896), and others.Safety glasses used for the prevention of accidents at work, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1894. The tools of the copperplate engraver. Date: circa 1760Frank Gray, Straw Bee Hive, c 1940 Straw Bee HiveErwin Schwabe, Courthouse Bell, c 1936 Courthouse BellDr Siegle's pneumatic otoscopeAndiron. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.4 cm (11 7/16 x 8 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 1/2" high; 11 3/4" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Salvatore Borrazzo.Kilgore Saddles #1, Horses - Riding & RacingElizabeth Chambers, Branding Iron, c 1942 Branding IronTextiles: two spinning wheels, for wool (top) and silk (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.Henry Murphy, Fish Shop Sign, 1939 Fish Shop SignWeather Vane Finial. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 29.2 cm (9 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" high; 25" long. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Isidore Sovensky.Hazel Sheckler, Spur, 1935 1942 SpurGeorge V Vezolles, Shaker Spinning Wheel Flax, c 1941 Shaker Spinning Wheel FlaxLucille Chabot, Rooster Weather Vane, 1935 1942 Rooster Weather VaneJohn Price, Field Water Keg, c 1940 Field Water KegJohn Price, Bootjack, c 1939 BootjackLeather Saddle. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 25.1 cm (14 x 9 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 32" long; 21" high; 15" wide. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: William McAuley.Lon Cronk, Shaker Scales, 1935 1942 Shaker ScalesAlbert Levone, Pa German Butter Mold, c 1940 Pa. German Butter MoldBliżej Kultury unknownBead makers, possibly for rosary beads: interior view and utensils used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.Can openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs. Date: circa 1900Fifteen string harp, 12th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874Flower Vase with Stand; Dress Hanging on a Clothesrack Hachifusa Shūri Japanese. Flower Vase with Stand; Dress Hanging on a Clothesrack 54115Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. drawing. undatedDesign for a comport spoon. Draughtsman: Mathieu Lauweriks. Dating: 1910. Measurements: h 202 mm × w 346 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Musical instruments; Gambar-Gambar / Akan Peladjaran Dan Kasukaän Anak-Anak than Iboe-Bepanja. / Dutch Indian prints; Prints to utility and pleasure of young and old / Dutch Indian prints. Leaf with 9 performances from Indian musical instruments, including a Kenong, a soaking and a gong. Under every image a caption. Numbered at the top right: No. 13.DA-SC-85-01180. Country: UnknownCASCABEL DE COBRE TARASCO - LUMHOLTZ - TOMO II, PAG 405. Location: INSTITUTO DE COOPERACION IBEROAMERICANA. MADRID. SPAIN.