Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Leatherworker's
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.026
- 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 assembly. Steel shaft square with beveled edges that lead to long, rectangular, horizontal cutting blade with single sharp tine on left side. Other tine and part of blade broken off and missing. Overall cutting width: 0.39". Stamp on top of steel shaft: "VETTER". Adjacent to it is stamped "5" which is at right-angles to letter stamp. Portion of rosette stamp at end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Brass
Iron
Wood - Dimensions:
- L-6.2 Dia-1.1 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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