Hammer, Shoemaker's
- Object Name:
- Hammer, Shoemaker's
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.014
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Common shoe hammer. Steel head with round face 1 1/2 inches in diameter, narrow round neck, straight flat sides, down-turned, flat pane and rectangular socket for handle. Pane stamped "C. HAMMOND / OOO" on underside. Wooden handle with oval cross-section. From shoemaker's bench 1977.55.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-3.5 L-8.25 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).
Charles Hammond opened an edge-tool manufacturing business near Philadelphia in 1840 according to Beans' History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The Directory of American Toolmakers edited by Nelson lists Charles Hammond as operating in Philadelphia from 1869-1908.
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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