Complex Molding Plane
Dateca.1780-1790
Maker
Amos Adams
b. 1762
MediumBirch, iron, and steel.
DimensionsLength: 9 7/8"; Width; 2 1/16"
Credit LineGift of Thomas Elliott
Object number2024-257
DescriptionComplex molding plane, sprung, with flat chamfers that end with a line and a turn-out. Small repair to front of outside edge.Label TextBorn on Christmas Day 1762 to Reverend Amos Adam of Roxbury, Amos the younger had a short life, passing away on December 17, 1786 in Medford, Massachusetts. While serving the Patriot cause as a Chaplain during the Siege of Boston, the elder Amos died at Dorchester Heights of dysentery in 1775.Mark(s)A • ADAMS in relief within a rectangle (Elliott, GAWP 5th ed., p.2, imprint B), is struck into the toe.Provenance1994, Thomas Elliott (Westbrook, CT); 2024, given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg VA)
