Square Rabbet Plane
Dateca. 1800-1820
Maker
Daniel Cassel
(1793-1874)
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania
MediumBeech, iron, and steel
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/8"; Width; 1 1/16"
Credit LineGift of Thomas Elliott
Object number2024-264
DescriptionSquare rabbet plane with flat chamfers that turn out at the ends. Finial of wedge chipped off on left side.Label TextThe youngest son in Huppert Cassel, Sr.'s (1751-1840) brood of eleven, Daniel initially followed in his father's woodworking footsteps. He went so far as to supersede his father's name punch with his own first initial, seen struck into this rabbet plane. At some point Daniel turned towards cultivating the land, appearing in the 1850 census as a farmer.Mark(s)D(superimposed over H) • CASSEL in relief within a rectangle, is struck into the toe (Elliott, GAWP 5th ed., p.65, imprint B).ProvenanceJune 1993, purchased by Thomas Elliott (Westbrook, CT); 2024, given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
