Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.047
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser. Very dark brown, bulbous, wood handle, brass, and steel. Handle swells to slightly sharp-edged finger rest (not as worn). Square, steel shaft tapers to working area that has chamfered corners. Tapers from 0.3" to 0.2" diameter. Shaft has upward bend. Rectangular working area, surface ~90 degrees from longitudinal axis of working tool. This working area 0.33" long, 0.9" wide. Consists of three raised ribs with slightly rounded grooves between them. Right rib slightly higher than center and left ribs. Stamp on side of steel: "GOMPN". To right of that stamp, at right angle: "2".
- 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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