Marking Wheel
c. 1840
19th Century
x 7 3/4 in. x 3 in.
Artist/Maker Unknown,
Object Type:
Tool
Medium and Support:
iron
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of Mrs. Sylvia Harding
Accession Number:
1971.1.7
A shoemaker's marking wheel used to mark patterns on the shoe leather. It has a hollow iron handle with a small wheel at one end and a loop scraper at the other end.