Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.049
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Crease, wood, brass, steel, adjustable. Dark brown, bulbous wood handle that tapers to slightly swollen finger stop, then tapers down to brass ferrule. Flat S-shaped steel blade that comes out of the handle. Blade tapers from 0.4" to 0.2". ~0.5" from ferrule, blade splits parallel to its width. It then curves upward then curves towards front where is flat surface 0.2" long. Near end is a small thumb screw which is rusted in place. On side of blade are letters: "GOMPH". Couple of parallel faintly scribed lines around bulbous handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.5 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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