Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.036
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Tooling instrument. Medium-brown, bulbous handle with brass and steel parts. Handle swells to finger rest near brass ferrule. Round steel shaft tapers from 0.3" to 0.2" in diameter. Round shaft has upward bend near end. At tip is star-shaped cutting tool that rotates in slot. This is 0.3" diameter with ten points on cutting blade. Stamped on side of steel shaft: "VETTER". Top of steel shaft: "10".
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.5 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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