Name/Title
Creaser, SingleEntry/Object ID
1993.2.88Description
Light brown wood leather-working tool. Tool is rectangular with recessed ends.
Mark: "C.S. OSBOURNE & CO / NEWARK N.J."
From "The Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools c. 1700-1950" by RA Salaman, p. 251:
Wood or bone creases "were made in many shapes, usually by the saddler himself, but a more standardized pattern was produced by the tool makers. There are many variants, though the majority were designed for making a single crease, and many were provided with a fixed fence.
Many saddlers prefer using bone (or hardwood) creases, but there are occasions when a wood or bone crease must be used. Owing to the interaction of iron with tanning materials, a steel crease is not used on dampened light-coloured materials, for fear of staining the leather."Made/Created
Artist
C.S. Osbourne & Co.Date made
1850 - 1950Place
* Untyped Place
Newark, NJ, USADimensions
Width
3/4 inDepth
3/4 inLength
5-3/8 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
McClay, Albert and JohnProvenance
Notes
Object owned and used by John McClay, circa 1854 and his son, Albert McClay, circa 1908-1977. Object donated, in 1993, by Wayne Cunningham, son-in-law to Albert McClay.