Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.023
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Edging iron. Dark brown, bulbous wood handle, steel, and brass. Handle has slight swell in taper to a finger rest near ferrule. Steel blade: 0.4" wide at ferrule, tapers to 0.12" wide at tip. Thickness is 0.07". Slight, upward curve in steel blade. Narrow V-groove in top of blade that starts at front and extends to a tapered end, 1.6" back. On bottom of blade is shallow, broad, semi-circular groove that extends backwards about same length as the groove on top surface. Stamp on top of blade near ferrule: "VETTER".
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.7 Dia-1 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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