Artisans and Craft Production in Nineteenth-Century Scotland

A University of Edinburgh online exhibition about Scottish artisans, their work and working lives between 1780 and 1914.

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Umbrella Stand, Carron Company, 1843

Tags: cast-iron, copyright and patenting, craft communities, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, neoclassical, Robert Adam, Stirling

Wemyss Ware Cat, ca. 1890

Tags: aristocratic patronage, bazaars, collectors, design, Fife, hand-painting, pottery, Staffordshire

Wheelwright’s Workshop, Fala Dam, Midlothian, ca. 1890

Tags: blacksmiths, Edinburgh, iron, joiners, photographers, postcard, tools, tourist industry, Wheelwright, wood

Whitework Christening Gown, mid-19th century

Tags: Ayrshire, copyright and patenting, design, embroiderers, Glasgow, home industries

Wooden Cradle, Caithness, late 18th or early 19th century

Tags: Caithness, crofting, Highlands, joiners, linen, Scottish motifs, women’s industries

Workers at the Sandilands Chemical Works, ca.1910

Tags: apprentices, blacksmiths, coopers, engineers, joiners, new industries, railways, textiles

Workers in a Type Foundry, ca. 1910

Tags: Brass, Edinburgh, engravers, Glasgow, lead, leather, London, unions, women’s industries, wood

Workmen at Balnagown Castle, 1880s

Tags: builders, carpenters, Highlands, photographers, slaters, Tain

Workshop of a Handloom Weaver, Lanark ca. 1900

Tags: Fife, Glasgow, Highlands, Lanark, linen, Paisley, postcard, silk, spinning wheel, tourist industry, weavers, wool

Workshop of J. and R. Glen, Highland Bagpipe Makers, 1970s

Tags: collectors, Edinburgh, exhibitions, tools, wood

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