Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.055
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Fastener with leather strap. Dark brown, sueded leather strap with brass buckle section. Other strap was cut off from this piece. Leather wraps around a roughly round section at back of buckle and overlaps itself. Strap is sewn along its outer edges. Some extra thread is stretched across back of strap between the two edges. Edges of leather flat and smooth. Leather dyed. Core color light tan. Brass buckle section has rectangular area with slightly concave, tapered corners. Front edge of buckle has slightly rounded edge and is tapered downward from top. Rectangular hole in center of flat area. Has steeply beveled downward back edge. Front edge is slightly undercut and side edges are flat and vertical. Top surface of rectangular area has parallel tool marks across width of buckle. These tool marks are fine parallel scratches. Sides of buckle taper upwards slightly to a flat, front edge. Top surfaces are slightly polished. Number stamped in back of buckle: "4875".
- Material:
- Brass
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-0.4 W-2 L-1.9 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
Electronic Resources are only available to New Hampshire Historical Society members. To access electronic resources, please join the New Hampshire Historical Society.