Bilection Molding Plane (NC-880)
Dateca. 1739-1763
Maker
John Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 7/8" Height: 3 1/8" Thickness: 1 1/2"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-437
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side. The 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 moderately relieved large elliptical finial and simple curve single curve notch.Mark(s)I*NICHOLSON / IN / WRENTHAM
On toe: raised "WE" within a rectangular cartouche overstruck by an incuse "LF," and "PG," incuse
