Iron, Shoemaker's
- Object Name:
- Iron, Shoemaker's
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.044
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Edge iron. Steel head 1.4" x 0.5" x 0.6", each face is flat with straight edges that flare outward slightly at the top. Hafted in a square wooden handle with a leather strap with a slit tacked on one end for suspension. Head is similar to a double double iron type. Central guard has crease at base of one side like a forpart iron, which was used to set the edge of the sole closest to the ground on the forepart of the shoe (from toes to instep). There is a thin guard with a jigger step on the edge like a jigger iron, which was used on the welt, the upper edge of the sole. On the other side of the central guard the outside edge is bevelled. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Leather
Wood
Iron
Steel - Dimensions:
- W-0.875 L-6.5 D-0.875 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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