Tongue Plane (NC-657)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsOverall: 10 × 1 1/4 × 5 11/16 in (25.4 × 3.1 × 14.4cm)
Body: Length: 10" Height: 3 1/8" Thickness: 1 1/4"
Body: Length: 10" Height: 3 1/8" Thickness: 1 1/4"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-339
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side, integral fence, and forked sole. 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 slightly relieved elliptical finial and simple curve notch.Mark(s)F*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM
On toe: raised "SG" within a rectangular cartouche struck twice
