Awl
- Object Name:
- Awl
- Object ID:
- 1977.055.01.080
- Date:
- 1888-1914
- Description:
- Pegging awl. Steel awl, 0.6" long, with oval cross-section. Hafted in turned wooden handle with metal chuck on the end. Handle is flat on the bottom, sides slope in at the top. Bottom very battered and worn. From shoemaker's bench 1977.055.01.1.
- Material:
- Metal
Wood
Steel - Dimensions:
- L-4 Dia-1.125 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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