Splitter
- Object Name:
- Splitter
- Object ID:
- 1949.018
- Date:
- 1800-1825
- Description:
- Straw Splitter. Small wood block set with knives. Integral shaped handle. Used in preparing straw for making straw hats.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-2 W-1.7 L-7.75 inches
- Provenance:
- About 1806, two Chester hatters, Daniel Pressey and Mason Lincoln, are said to have invented a "gauge with several spurs at suitable intervals from one sixteenth to one-eighth of an inch" to be used in making hats from poplar wood.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Vernon A. Hood
- Subjects:
- Straw industries, Straw hats
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