Molding Plane, Altered Round (NC-848)
Dateca. 1739-1763
Maker
John Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 7/8" Height: 2 7/8" Thickness: 1 1/8"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-460
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut sole. The top and side edges have narrow 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 moderately relieved large elliptical finial and a simple single curve notch.Mark(s)I*NICHOLSON / IN / WRENTHAM
