Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.042
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser, medium-brown, cylindrical handle, steel-bladed. Long handle has slight depression near center. Fairly wide steel ferrule at front. Steel blade is rectangular in cross-section, 0.2" x 0.15" at handle. It has downward curve coming out of handle then curves back up again to a wide, flat point at end. Head at end of shaft is 0.65" wide, cutting portion 0.95" long. Edges slightly convex and have few small decorative notches at their back end where they taper to meet width of shaft.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-1.5 L-7.7 D-0.8 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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