Hardware, Harness
- Object Name:
- Hardware, Harness
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.058
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Buckles, steel, in original wrapper, 12 pieces. Buckles have two-tone coloration. Bottom side and back portion are silver in color but not polished. Forward edges on tongues appear to have polished top surface and have brass appearance. Question if plated or have colored film to simulate yellow metal. Buckles almost flat. Dark brown or black in color. Front end and side portions slightly flattened. Back portion rounded. In most cases is heavy, dark paint covering buckle except for small gap on back portion where tongue wrapped around it. Tongue has slight point at front end and turned down slightly. Buckles arranged in rows of four in the paper. Light tan paper wrapped around back row, turned over to row in front of it, and repeated one more time with enough paper to wrap over entire assembly. Hard to tell if paper was longer.
- Material:
- Metal
Paper
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-0.27 W-1 L-1.2 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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