Ring, Horse Gear
- Object Name:
- Ring, Horse Gear
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.051
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Leather-covered iron ring, oval. Strip of leather stretched around circumference of ring and sewn together along seam at outer edge of perimeter. Leather overlaps itself on one side by ~0.7". Seam slightly irregular as it isn't perfectly straight. Sewing is quite fine. ~16 perforations per inch. Leather surface dyed black and was reasonably smooth originally.
- Material:
- Metal
Leather
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-0.4 W-2.9 L-3.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From the estate of Charles Symonds, Loudon, NH, purchased at T.R. Langdell auction, June 28, 1980. The Symonds family included leatherworkers David H. Symonds (1804-1877) and his son George Symonds (1838-1930) of Concord, NH. The family also lived in Hopkinton, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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