Molding Plane, Altered Nosing (NC-607)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 13/16" Height: 2 9/16" Thickness: 1 1/16"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-485
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side. The 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 wooden wedge with a slightly relieved elliptical finial and a single-curve notch.Mark(s)F*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM