Molding Plane, Altered (NC-689)
Dateca. 1739-1763
Maker
John Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 1/4" Height: 3 1/8" Thickness: 1 1/8"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-445
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut sole. The top and toe edges have narrow flat chamfers that terminate with a deteriorated gouge cut on the step and a lamb’s tongue cut on the far side while the heel has been cut down removing its chamfers. Fitted with a sharpened iron and wedge with a moderately relived elliptical finial and simple single curve notch. The strip of wood secured to the sole with four nails is a working life repair to the integral fence.Mark(s)I*NICHOLSON / IN / CVMBERLAND
On toe: "J.W.P," incuse
