Device used to extract juice from grapes as part of the wine making process

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Christ in the Winepress, with the Virgin of Sorrows and the Instruments of the Passion. Woodcut after H.J. Wierix, ca. 1700.

A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.

Two men treading grapes. Lithograph by J.B. Légé, 1830, after G. de Galard.

Two naked children pressing grapes. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.

A wine press (top) and cider mill (bottom). Engraving, c. 1747.

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Wine presses

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A wine press (top) and cider mill (bottom). Engraving, c. 1747.

Christ in the Winepress, with the Virgin of Sorrows and the Instruments of the Passion. Woodcut after H.J. Wierix, ca. 1700.

A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.

Two men treading grapes. Lithograph by J.B. Légé, 1830, after G. de Galard.

Two naked children pressing grapes. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.

Wine presses

Images from the collections

Images referencing Wine presses

Works from the collections

A wine press (top) and cider mill (bottom). Engraving, c. 1747.

Christ in the Winepress, with the Virgin of Sorrows and the Instruments of the Passion. Woodcut after H.J. Wierix, ca. 1700.

A pastoral scene showing the picking, treading and transporting of grapes in an ox-cart; representing autumn. Engraving by R. S., 16th century, after F.G. Bassano.

Two men treading grapes. Lithograph by J.B. Légé, 1830, after G. de Galard.

Two naked children pressing grapes. Lithograph by Piecq, c. 1845, after Gosse.

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