Hammer, Shoemaker's
- Object Name:
- Hammer, Shoemaker's
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.017
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Press hammer or wood heel hammer. Long, narrow steel head with octagonal face 0.5" diameter, flat sides widest at rectangular handle socket, chisel-ended pane. Round wood handle with small circular hole in bottom, cut and wire nails and metal wedge driven into top. Two of the nails are visible in cracks in the handle. From shoemaker's bench 1977.55.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood - Dimensions:
- W-4.5 L-8.5 D-0.75 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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