Bolection Molding Plane (NC-686)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 13/16" Height: 3 1/8" Width: 1 7/16"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-295
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut sole. Top and side edges have 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 single curve notch.MarkingsF*NICHOLSON / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1753-1784
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1720-1753