Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.057
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Square harness fitting, brass and iron. Main body has plating of either tin or silver. Some wear on inside of fitting aperture. Main portion of fitting is roughly square metal guide mounted to a short shaft that flares to shallow semi-circular flange. Below flange is threaded section. Attached to that is female-threaded fitting which roughly rectangular with tapered sides. Two opposing holes for fasteners and raised central collar that is threaded inside. Top section roughly square in cross-section with chamfered edges all the way around on both sides. Slightly curved in vertical and horizontal planes. Bottom of flared section above threads is slightly convex.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Iron - Dimensions:
- H-2.8 W-1.6 D-0.08 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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