Molding Plane, Altered Standing Fillister
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 13/16" Height: 2 11/16" Thickness: 1 7/16"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-335
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut sole. Top and side edge chamfers have been altered, but gouge cuts on the step seem to be original. Fitted with a sharpened iron and possibly altered original wedge. The working-life strip of wood nailed to the lower portion of the far side supports the integral fence.Mark(s)F*NICHOLSON / WRENTHAM
On blade: “VERYBEST (????) STEEL,” incuse
