Title:
Sheffield: pocket knife cutler at work in Washington works of the house of Wostholm, the leading cutlers of Britain's cutlery
center. The company was founded in 1745 and Washington works was established in the early 1800's, the first real cutlery factory
in the trade. Prior to this the cutlery factories were only warehouses where the workers brought their products which they
fashioned in their homes. Altho [although] modern methods and the craftsman is most important still in the cutlery trade,
one of the few British industries still using or needing these hand work to produce high-class merchandise.
Creator:
James C. Sawders
Equipment industry
Cutlery industry
Knives
Industrial facilities
Factories
Metalworking
Employees
Description:
Sheffield: pocket knife cutler at work in Washington works of the house of Wostholm, the leading cutlers of Britain's cutlery
center. The company was founded in 1745 and Washington works was established in the early 1800's, the first real cutlery factory
in the trade. Prior to this the cutlery factories were only warehouses where the workers brought their products which they
fashioned in their homes. Altho [although] modern methods and the craftsman is most important still in the cutlery trade,
one of the few British industries still using or needing these hand work to produce high-class merchandise.
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
1954
Type:
Photography
Format:
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.KU105268.SS
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Europe
United Kingdom
England
South Yorkshire
Sheffield
Latitude: 53 00 N
Longitude: 002 00 W
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Sheffield: pocket knife cutler at work in Washington works of the house of Wostholm, the leading cutlers of Britain's cutlery
center. The company was founded in 1745 and Washington works was established in the early 1800's, the first real cutlery factory
in the trade. Prior to this the cutlery factories were only warehouses where the workers brought their products which they
fashioned in their homes. Altho [although] modern methods and the craftsman is most important still in the cutlery trade,
one of the few British industries still using or needing these hand work to produce high-class merchandise.