Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.054
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Fastener with leather strap. Brass and leather strap end. Medium brown, probably sueded leather strap with brass buckle piece. Strap cut off of longer length and is wrapped around a roughly cylindrical section of buckle and overlaps itself by 1.4". Strap sewn through overlap along its sides then parallel to buckle section with small, regular stitches. Three X-shaped stitches at end of overlap section. Stitching recessed on both sides. Edges of leather flat and smooth. Brass buckle has rectangular section with tapered corners towards center. In center of phalange is rectangular hole with beveled front and back edge. Bevels are parallel to each other. Sides of hole are straight and flat. Numbers "485" stamped on back of metal adjacent to hole. Sides of buckle adjacent to rectangular section are sloped upwards to flat, front edge. Connecting piece probably rests against these vertical surfaces when item is connected to other portion of buckle.
- Material:
- Leather
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-0.4 W-2 L-2.9 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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