Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.059
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Buckles, steel, in original wrapper, 20 pieces. Buckles are dark brown or black painted body with polished, steel tongue pivots around one end of buckle. Tongue has slight point at front end and tip turns down a little. From sides, buckle has slight S-curve shape with high point of curve near back end. Front end and sides are slightly flattened and back portion round. Some paint drip remnants on back of buckle on either side of tongue. These are irregular from piece to piece. Buckles wrapped in brown paper. Arranged in rows of five. Back row has paper wrapped over it and it is folded over onto row in front of it and this continues to where all are folded. Outer-most portion of paper is deteriorated and smaller at top end so not sure if 20 buckles is original count. Enough length of paper for there to be 25 in package.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-0.34 W-1.2 L-1.4 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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