Tools - Forks, Rakes & Hooks

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“The Widow Costard’s Cow & Goods Distrained for Texas are Relieved by the Generosity of Johnny Pearmain.”

by Robert Sayer & J. Benett 1782(Ex. Col.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd)


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Hayforkfork from a Farm in Hancock, New Hampshire1780

(New Hampshire Historical Society)


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“Agriculture.”

The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert 1763(Private Collection)


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“Agriculture.”



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Old Nanny Selling the things to the Farmer

by Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sanders June 1773(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Hay Rake

Mid to Late 18th Century (Old Sturbridge Village)


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Hay Rake

c. 1780 - 1830(Winterthur)


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“Why a GARDENER is the most extraordinaryMan in the World”

1773(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“Why a GARDENER is the most extraordinaryMan in the World”

1773(Lewis Walpole Library)


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“HAY MAKING”

by Robert Sayer 1786(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Lady Raking with Man Watchingby J. Dillon Late 18th Century


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Bill / Brush Hook / Fascine Knife18th Century

(Morristown National Historic Park)


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British Fascine Knife / Bill / Brush Hook marked with a Government Broad Arrow 18th Century


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Bill Hook. Recovered from the Wreck of the Boscawen, which sank in Lake Champlain in the late 1760'sFrom: Grant, David Mitchell; "Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen" Texas A and M University. 1996.


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“Summer” by Richard Houston after Samuel Wale c. 1762


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Pennsylvanian Iron and Wood Sickles or Reaping Hooks marked “ S Christ “ and “ D Christ “c. 1780

(Christie’s Auction House)


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24” Sickle / Reaping Hook 18th Century

(Jim Bode Antique Tools)


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“Agriculture.”



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“The Merits and Defects of the Dead by their Ingenious Secretary”

by William Austin 1773(The British Museum)


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10” Carrier for Wet Stones taken into the Fields to Sharpen Tools18th Century

(Jim Bode Antique Tools)


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Whetstones18th Century

(Private Collection)


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Honing & Whetstones18th Century

(Nottingham University Museum)


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