Unclassifiable
- Object Name:
- Unclassifiable
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.005
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Machine part. Cast iron. L-shaped. Longer, vertical section solid, oval in cross-section, tapering from 2 inches wide at top to 1.25" wide at bottom. Rounded projection with blunt end 1.5" long x 0.5" diameter. Shorter, horizontal section has 0.5" wide slit across bottom edge and extending along ends. Depth of slit not uniform, shallow in middle. Two holes in each side of horizontal section with metal rod extending through one set of holes. From shoemaker's bench 1977.55.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Iron - Dimensions:
- W-4 L-11 D-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).
A shoe sole pattern (1977.55.1.96) bears the names Wiggin & Newhall who are listed in the 1895 Dover City Directory as boot and shoemakers. They were successors to Smith & Wiggin (1892-93 Dover City Directory), who were in turn successors of Walton R. Shaw (1890-91 and 1892-93 Dover City Directories). Wiggin was later in partnership with Dudley L. Furber who made shoes until 1914. Several shoe sole patterns (1977.55.1.95-.98) bear the initials H.G., possibly referring to Henry Glidden of Glidden and Bennett, boot and shoe manufacturers listed in the Dover City directories for 1888-1893. - Credit Line:
- James Cowan Sawyer Collection, Gift of George F. Sawyer and Charles H. Sawyer
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