Door Plane
Dateca.1800-1820
Maker
Daniel Hyde
1756-1831
MediumBeech, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 10"; thickness: 1 3/8"
Credit LineGift of Thomas Elliott
Object number2024-291
DescriptionDoor plane with flat chamfers, mostly on the sides, which end with a line and a long turn-out. Its shoulder is molded, and it has a screwed-on replaced fence.Label TextBorn in Lebanon, Connecticut in 1756, Daniel Hyde is believed to have served in the Revolutionary War before relocating to New York in 1795. Continuing west in the Empire State, Hyde moved to Middleburgh and Claverack, before settling in Bainbridge in 1806.Mark(s)D.HYDE in relief within a rectangle, struck into the toe (Elliott, GAWP 5th ed., p.195).ProvenanceNovember 1991, purchased by Thomas Elliott (Westbrook, CT); 2024, given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
