Molding Plane, Altered Round (NC-843)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 3/4" Height: 2 7/8" Width: 1 9/16"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-330
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut sole. Top and side edges have flat chamfers that terminate with gouge cuts on the step and lamb’s tongue cuts on the far side. Fitted with a sharpened iron and wedge with a slightly relieved elliptical finial and simple single curve notch. There are three groupings of four holes along the sole, one hole filled with metal, indicating where a working life fence may have been secured.Mark(s)F*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM
