Rabbet Plane (NC-887)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 7/8" Height: 3" Thickness: 13/16"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-340
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a through snail shell shaped throat. Top and side edges have narrow flat chamfers that terminate with very worn lamb’s tongue cuts. Fitted with a sharpened iron and wedge with a slightly relieved elliptical finial and simple single curve notch.Mark(s)F*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM
