Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object Name:
- Wheel, Leatherworking
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.038
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Tooling instrument. Dark brown, bulbous wood handle with steel and brass. Bulbous handle flares to finger rest near ferrule. Round steel shaft tapers from 0.3" to 0.15" at end. Upward bend in shaft. At end of shaft is star-shaped cutter that rotates in a slot. Cutter 0.3" diameter and does not rotate easily. Has ~20 teeth. Stamp on side of steel shaft: "VETTER". Stamp top of shaft near ferrule: "20". Stamp on top surface near widest portion of handle: "20". Rosette stamp on end of handle.
- 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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