Glazer
- Object Name:
- Glazer
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.048
- Place of Origin:
- Haverhill, MA
- Date:
- circa 1860
- Description:
- Fish-tail bottom glazer. Iron body with turned wooden handles on either end, brass caps where attach to body. Body long and narrow, flat on each side with rounded edges, one edge slightly convex and the other with a U-shaped projection in the middle. One handle has the carved letter "N". From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Iron
Brass - Dimensions:
- L-15.125 Dia-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired in the vicinity of Durham, NH by the collector James Cowan Sawyer (1872-1944).
Possibly made by Hiram Nichols (b.1821) who is listed in the New England business directory of 1856 as a maker of chamfering tools. He later made shoe tools in Haverhill, MA.
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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