Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.034
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Tooling instrument. 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 cutting portion is round shaft with slight bend in end. It tapers from 0.3" to 0.2". Slot in end which holds flattened, star-shaped cutter which rotates on a steel shaft. Cutter has 12 points on it. Handle stamped on side: "VETTER". Stamped on top near ferrule; "18". 0.31" in diameter for cutting edge.
- Material:
- Brass
Iron
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.6 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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