Machine, Skiving

Object Name:

Machine, Skiving

Object ID:

1977.055.01.002

Creator:

Chase, John W. (1813-1877)Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Weare, NH

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Leather skiving (splitting) machine. Steel. Stamped "J.W. CHASE WEARE NH" on base. Made by John Winslow Chase (1813-1877), North Weare, NH, c. 1870. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.001.

Material:

Metal

Dimensions:

H-3.8 W-9 D-5.5 inches

Provenance:

Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).

A shoe sole pattern (1977.55.1.96) bears the names Wiggin & Newhall who are listed in the 1895 Dover City Directory as boot and shoemakers. They were successors to Smith & Wiggin (1892-93 Dover City Directory), who were in turn successors of Walton R. Shaw (1890-91 and 1892-93 Dover City Directories). Wiggin was later in partnership with Dudley L. Furber who made shoes until 1914. Several shoe sole patterns (1977.55.1.95-.98) bear the initials H.G., possibly referring to Henry Glidden of Glidden and Bennett, boot and shoe manufacturers listed in the Dover City directories for 1888-1893.

Credit Line:

James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer

People:

Chase, John W. (1813-1877), Bennett, Ellery I. (1850-1917), Furber, Dudley L. (1848-1914), Glidden, Henry P. (1833-1916), Newhall, Frank L. (1868-1949), Smith, Nelson H. (1864-19 ? ), Wiggin, Charles F. (1868-1931), Sawyer, James Cowan (1872-1944), Sawyer, George F. (1902-1992), Sawyer, Charles H. (1906-2005)

Subjects:

Inventions, Leather industry