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Cutlery trade

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Images referencing Cutlery trade

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  • A cutler, or maker of knives, daggers and swords, working in his shop as a customer tests the weight of a sword. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Sheffield: four cutlers working at benches with hammers and vices. Coloured aquatint by R. Havell after G. Walker.
  • Men and boys working in a fork-grinding factory in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.
  • Men grinding scythes in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1866, after J. Palmer, 1865.

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    Men grinding scythes in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1866, after J. Palmer, 1865.

    Palmer, John, active 1856-1887. | Date: 1866 | Reference: 33936i
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    Sheffield: four cutlers working at benches with hammers and vices. Coloured aquatint by R. Havell after G. Walker.

    Walker, George, 1781-1856. | Date: June 1. 1814 | Reference: 30951i
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    Men and boys working in a fork-grinding factory in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson after J. Palmer, 1866.

    Palmer, John, active 1856-1887. | Date: 1866 | Reference: 28948i
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    A cutler, or maker of knives, daggers and swords, working in his shop as a customer tests the weight of a sword. Woodcut by J. Amman.

    Amman, Jost, 1539-1591. | Date: [1568] | Reference: 34922i

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