Embossing Wheels:
Use:
Embossing wheels and carriages, are tools used to create a decorative borders or patterns. Embossing carriages are typically tools with interchangable wheels of different patterns. Tools of this type are used in many of the leather trades, book binders, cobblers as well as saddle and harness makers.
Toolmaker: C.D. Littersdorf
- Hand embossing wheel marked "C.D. LITTERSDORF" on the shank of the tool.
- This tool was purchased as a part of a saddle and harness makers tool chest, said to belong to the Sawyer Brothers of Liberty, PA between 1905-1923.
- I have no other information about this manufacturer.
