- Leather Shears: resembles over-sized scissors; tab for thumb rest on one blade; very black (paint?); used for cutting leather or other heavy material; hand wrought iron; very old, ca. late 1700s.
Material: iron.
Collection
Shoe Making Tools and Equipment
Acquisition
Accession
1973.2
Source or Donor
Eckler, Mrs. Richard C.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Shears, Leather
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Cutter, Leather
Nomenclature Class
Leather, Horn & Shellworking T&E
Nomenclature Category
Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Other Number
Other Number
ST 78
Number Type
Old Number
Other Number
ST 78
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Donor, Mrs. Richard C. Eckler, gave no address, but probably was home owner at 17 Bow Road, a shoe maker's home in 1800s. (Jo Goeselt, 4/1997).
Status: OK
Status By: Ives, George
Status Date: 2016-07-24