Name/Title
Tool, FinishingEntry/Object ID
1993.2.100Description
Leather-working tool composed of a painted black wood handle with three gray lines around bottom of handle. Extending from top of handle are two flat arms which hold a round blade.
Marks: (on handle) "HYDE 40" (on arms) "I.P. HYDE / SOUTHBRIDGE, MASS / MADE IN USA"
(on blade) "STAINLESS"
Object matches a finishing tool found in "The Dictionary of Leather-Working Tools c. 1700-1950" by RA Salaman, p. 5:
Tool is defined as a bookbinder's tool, but may have other applications. "The following tools are used in the finishing process which includes imprinting lines and decorative designs on the covers and spine of the book. Most of them have a brass head fitted into a wooden handle, c. 6 - 8 in. long overall or c. 13 in long if designed to be worked from the shoulder. In many cases the tools are heated before use."Made/Created
Date made
1850 - 1950Place
* Untyped Place
Southbridge, Mass, USANotes
Creation Date: 1850-1950Dimensions
Width
2 inDepth
1 inLength
6-1/2 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.