Craft Industry Collection

Punch Bowl with mottoes from the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks, c. 1750 (earthenware)
7394045 Punch Bowl with mottoes from the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks, c.1750 (earthenware) by Liverpool Porcelain Factory (c.1754-1804); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Industries of Britain, c 1930: Cotton (colour litho)
8657407 Industries of Britain, c 1930: Cotton (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cotton)

Gerber Und Farber / Tanners and Colourers (colour litho)
8666285 Gerber Und Farber / Tanners and Colourers (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gerber Und Farber)

Weberstube / Weaving Room (colour litho)
8666283 Weberstube / Weaving Room (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Weberstube)

Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration, -100 BC (ceramic, painted)
7309968 Two-handled spouted jug with dark-on-light polychrome decoration, -100 BC (ceramic, painted); 18.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic)

Pedestalled cup, Vasilike mottled ware, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (clay, pigment)
7309997 Pedestalled cup, Vasilike mottled ware, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (clay, pigment); 8.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay)

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309993 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Pithos, circa 1700 BC -1400 BC (clay)
7309958 Pithos, circa 1700 BC -1400 BC (clay); 139 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: clay); © Ashmolean Museum .

Reliquary of St. Cyr (Quirico), Martyr of the 4th century and St. Giulitta, his mother, Christians
BAT5469488 Reliquary of St. Cyr (Quirico), Martyr of the 4th century and St. Giulitta, his mother, Christians.; Cappelle Medicee, San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy; Photo © Nicolo Orsi Battaglini.

Vase of vitrified ceramic, 7th-10th century (ceramic)
AIS5337327 Vase of vitrified ceramic, 7th-10th century (ceramic); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA; (add.info.: Vase of ceramic vitrifies. 7th-10th century. Kansas City)

Bronze Age Swords and rapiers from Torres de Oeste, Catoira, Spain, 8th century BC (metal)
AIS5355979 Bronze Age Swords and rapiers from Torres de Oeste, Catoira, Spain, 8th century BC (metal); Museo de Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain; (add.info.: Pontevedra, Pontevedra Museum); © Iberfoto.

A wallpaper maker, c.1735 (engaving)
8698377 A wallpaper maker, c.1735 (engaving) by Engelbrecht, Martin (1684-1756); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; (add.info.: Society. Economy. A wallpaper maker)

Signet of the book printer Nikolaus Kesler, 1503 (woodcut)
8726621 Signet of the book printer Nikolaus Kesler, 1503 (woodcut); 6,0x8,0 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Caption 'Opera Antonii Mancinelli Velicerni in Bramaticam)

Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta)
7310020 Terracotta female figurine wearing calathos, -99 BC (terracotta); 15.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: terracotta); © Ashmolean Museum .

Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper)
7309964 Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper); 1.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: stone (red jasper)); © Ashmolean Museum .

Intaglio gem, hunting scene horseman attacking a lion, -200 BC (carnelian)
7309977 Intaglio gem, hunting scene horseman attacking a lion, -200 BC (carnelian); 1.1 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: carnelian); © Ashmolean Museum .

Weaving (low relief)
BEN5471587 Weaving (low relief) by Pisano, Andrea (1270-1349); Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, Tuscany, Italy; (add.info.: Weaving)

The art of building (low relief)
BEN5471582 The art of building (low relief) by Pisano, Andrea (1270-1349); Museo dell'Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo), Florence, Tuscany

Velvet fabric. Florentine manufacture. 16th century Palazzo del Bargello, Florence
BEN5479581 Velvet fabric. Florentine manufacture. 16th century Palazzo del Bargello, Florence; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

A 17th century French galley under sail. (print)
7419950 A 17th century French galley under sail. (print); (add.info.: A 17th century French galley under sail. After a print dated 1703.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Cobbler's Quarters, 1860s (oil on fabric)
XOS5879739 Cobbler's Quarters, 1860s (oil on fabric) by Duplessy, Jean-Alphonse (1817-c.1872); 60.5x51.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Johann Tetzel, 1460-1519 (engraving)
8632093 Johann Tetzel, 1460-1519 (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Tetzel, 1460-1519)

Messrs Druce and Co (engraving)
8645276 Messrs Druce and Co (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Messrs Druce and Co, Cabinet, Furniture, Upholstery, and Carpet Warehouse; 68, 69)

J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635843 J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: J Tonks & Sons furnishings store, Westborough, Scarborough)

The Age of Bronze and Iron (litho)
8661256 The Age of Bronze and Iron (litho) by Cormon, Fernand (1854-1924) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Age of Bronze and Iron)

The Spinning School, Blenheim Street (b/w photo)
8638885 The Spinning School, Blenheim Street (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Spinning School, Blenheim Street)

Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls (engraving)
8676629 Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Manufacture of Indian cashmere shawls)

3534 1
VEN5027194 3534 1; (add.info.: Allegorie du mois de Mars (signe de Belier) : les tisseuses ou les tisserands. Fresque de Francesco del Cossa (1435-1477) dans le Salon des Mois de Palazzo Schifanoia

The wicker, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790198 The wicker, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: the wicker in France, from the harvest to the baskets and toys, early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

hilkat woman weaving blanket, Alaska 1910 (photo)
682811 hilkat woman weaving blanket, Alaska 1910 (photo); (add.info.: The pattern, a painted board, was designed by the men and represented clan or lineage crests)

Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment)
7310022 Spouted bowl, circa 2700 BC -2200 BC (ceramic, pigment); 8.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, pigment); © Ashmolean Museum .

Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic)
7310003 Sherd, -600 BC (ceramic); 5.5 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: ceramic, Material: ceramic); © Ashmolean Museum .

Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery)
7310051 Attic black-figure pottery amphora depicting a military and a Dionysiac scene, 550 BC - 540 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 47 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery)
7309982 Attic black-figure pottery cup depicting a mythological scene, 490 BC - 460 BC (pottery, with painted and incised decoration); 15 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072614 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072613 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806
7072619 Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806; Musee de Notre Dame de Paris, France; (add.info.: Reliquary of the Holy Crown, 1806, by the goldsmith Jean-Charles Cahier); © Pascal Lemaitre

Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs
3330167 Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs; (add.info.: Pottery vessel representing the Storm God of the Aztecs, known as Tlaloc)

Power loom, 1862
3479231 Power loom, 1862; (add.info.: Tuer & Hall's power loom for weaving Brussels carpets. Dated August, 1862.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The production of the worsted, 1850
3479652 The production of the worsted, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the production of the worsted: drawing in the warp for weaving. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A vertical loom
3480167 A vertical loom; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a vertical loom with stones being used as weights to keep tension. This particular type of loom would be used for weaving woollens)

Evening gathering, c.1850 (print)
8698474 Evening gathering, c.1850 (print); (add.info.: Agriculture. Evening gathering in the stable. Epinal print , France, ca 1850.); © Archives Charmet.

A 17th century French galley being rowed. (print)
7419951 A 17th century French galley being rowed. (print); (add.info.: A 17th century French galley being rowed. After a print dated 1703.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

An itinerant shoemaker, Hong Kong, c.1903
UIG5418874 An itinerant shoemaker, Hong Kong, c.1903 by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: An itinerant shoemaker sits on a stool, smoking a long pipe at his street stall in Hong Kong)

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The Basket-Makers, Sousse (colour litho)
8652010 The Basket-Makers, Sousse (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Basket-Makers, Sousse)

A Blacksmith working at his forge (watercolour)
8835607 A Blacksmith working at his forge (watercolour) by Gibbs, John B. (active 1888-1918); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: JOHN B. GIBBS (British)

Vase with goats, from Hissar, Iran, 3500 BC (ceramic)
AIS5370481 Vase with goats, from Hissar, Iran, 3500 BC (ceramic); Muze-Ie Iran-E Bastan (Archaeological Museum), Tehran, Iran; © Iberfoto.

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The craft industry has a rich history that spans across centuries and continents. From the craftsmen under the influence of celestial bodies like the Moon or Mercury, as depicted in De Sphaera d Este's artwork, to Waldeck's stunning collection of original Mesoamerican pieces from 1831, this industry is a testament to human creativity and skill. Step into the Interior East India Pavilion of 1893 through lithographic prints and be transported to a world where craftsmanship knows no bounds. Marvel at the intricate details of a footed bowl from the late 1100s-early 1200s, adorned with fritware, pierced designs, and underglaze painting. Explore Buffens cave pottery dating back to 700 -1100 BC, showcasing ancient ceramic techniques that have stood the test of time. Discover Capo di monte bowl and cover from around c. 1750 made with delicate porcelain or admire an octagonal bowl and saucer possibly crafted by J. H. O'Neale during Chelsea's Red Anchor Period in c. 1755 – both exemplifying exquisite craftsmanship. La Porte de Bonne painted on canvas in 1832 captures not only artistic mastery but also showcases how craft can transcend mediums beyond ceramics or porcelain. Delve into history further with Fareham's Posset Pot Cover from between 1675-1725 – an example of ceramic artistry that tells stories through its design. Kylix takes us back even further to approximately 500 BC when ceramics were already being used for functional yet beautiful purposes. And let us not forget about Iznik-style decoration seen on an oval dish dated back to 1649 – proof that craft traditions can travel across borders.