Buttress
19th century
19th Century
15 in.
Unidentified,
Object Type:
Tool
Medium and Support:
iron
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum
Accession Number:
X1972.227
The buttress is iron with a wooden handle. It's rod has two 90' bends and ends in a small, flat blade. The wooden handle begins as a cylinder then broadens into a halfmoon-shape. The buttress was used to trim horses hooves in preparation for shoeing.