Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.033
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Tooling instrument. Dark brown, bulbous wood handle flares slightly to finger rest near brass ferrule. Square, cross-section steel shaft 0.32" wide and high; has deep chamfers on corners and tapers to become round shaft 0.17" diameter. Has slight upward curve near tip. At tip is slot in which rides rotating, multi-point, star-shaped cutter, ~14 points on cutting blade. Blade 0.35" diameter. Stamped on side of shaft: "VETTER". Rosette stamped in the end of the wood handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.6 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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