Unclassifiable
- Object Name:
- Unclassifiable
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.046
- Date:
- circa 1856
- Description:
- Tool of unknown use. Rectangular steel head 1.5" long with two circular pieces, 1.25" diameter, attached to opposite sides of head. "TODD'S PATD / NOV 25 1856 DEC 7 ..." stamped on one side of head and "MALL / P.O.F.M.DO NO 50 SCHOOL ST / BOSTON" stamped on the other. One circular piece has the numbers "1" and "10" and the other circular piece has the numbers "1" and "9", there are also two lines from the edge toward the center. Hafted in a square wooden handle wrapped in leather on the outside and cotton cloth on the inside with a row of tacks down one side of the handle, along the edge of the leather. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Leather
Wood
Steel
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-1 L-6.25 D-1 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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