Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.043
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser, wood, brass, steel. Bulbous wood handle tapers to slightly raised finger stop which then tapers to brass ferrule. Square, steel blade tapers in thickness from 0.3" to 0.15". Blade has deeply chamfered corners and turns upwards and has two parallel edges on front surface that are 0.3" long. Edges are ~0.5" apart and one edge is raised above other. Blade stamped on side with: "VETTER". End of handle rosette stamp.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.2 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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