Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.044
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser. Dark brown, bulbous handle with brass and steel. Handle swells to finger rest behind ferrule. Square section steel shaft tapers from 0.3" to 0.1". It has chamfered corners and turns upwards near end. End of shaft is shaped from side like a slightly rounded spear point which flares slightly at its center. Working edges ultimately become slightly sharp surfaces. Flat sides of steel shaft become slightly raised surfaces on sides of pointed end. From side end is something like slightly rounded diamond shape in profile. Stamped on side of steel shaft: "VETTER". Rosette stamp on end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.3 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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