Creaser
- Object Name:
- Creaser
- Object ID:
- 1980.017.050
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Creaser. Dark brown, bulbous handle, brass and steel adjustable parts. Handle tapers to small finger rest near ferrule. Almost flat steel blades taper from 0.4" to 0.25". By ferrule they are 0.2" thick. Steel has upward curve and then it extends forward to a flat end with a slightly sharpened flat tip. Split in pieces of steel about 1.4" from tip. Very slight mark in top and bottom surfaces in steel shaft where it goes into ferrule and wood handle. About 1/2" from end small threaded thumb screw with adjusts distance between creaser edges. Distance between creaser edges increase to ~0.15". Small rosette stamp in end of handle.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Brass
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-5.6 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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