Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.025
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Edging iron. Dark brown, bulbous wood handle with wood shaft leading to slightly enlarged finger rest which then tapers to brass ferrule and steel cutting head. Square shaft with deeply chamfered edges that turns downward somewhat then sculpted into a long, upward curved rectangular cutting head so there is marked edge in distinction between curved shaft and cutting head. Had two vertical tines that protrude on either side of the cutting blade. Flat, straight, cutting surface between the tines. Stamped on top of steel shaft: "GOMP.. ". Stamped at right angles adjacent to that: "3".
- Material:
- Brass
Wood
Steel
Iron - Dimensions:
- L-6.5 Dia-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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