Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.048
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser. Medium-brown, bulbous wood handle with brass ferrule and steel creaser. Handle tapers to slightly swelled finger rest near brass ferrule. Steel shaft is square with heavily chamfered edges. Tapers from 0.3" to 0.2" diameter. It is relatively short and has upward bend to a slightly curved working surface. Creasing area is 0.3" long and 0.2" wide. V-shaped rib down center of it with slightly concave sides that flare to an almost flat surface at edges. Central rib is quarter-round with flat, back end. Stamped on side of steel shaft: "VETTER". Rosette stamped on end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.4 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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