Splitter
- Object Name:
- Splitter
- Object ID:
- 1977.028.04
- Creator:
- Tuttle, Alexis D.
Leatherworker - Place of Origin:
- Nottingham, NH
- Date:
- 1870-1900
- Description:
- Leather splitter. Rectangular wooden handle, with half of sides rounded. One end mounts a brass thumb screw and bracket, with steel cutting bar, hooked at one end and secured through middle by thumb screw. "NO 125" and "MANUFACTURED BY / A. D. TUTTLE / NOTTINGHAM N.H." stamped on brass plate.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 W-1.1 L-5.4 inches
- Provenance:
- A. D. Tuttle is probably Alexis D. Tuttle (1839-1916), farmer and shoemaker of Nottingham, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Tuttle, Alexis D. (1839-1916)
- Subjects:
- Leather industry, Tools
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