Molding Plane, Altered Quarter Round (NC-633)
Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker
Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 15/16" Height: 2 11/16" Thickness: 5/8"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-316
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side and a recut 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 large elliptical finial and simple single curve notch.MarkingsF*NICHOLSON / WRENTHAM
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1720-1753
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1739-1763
ca. 1753-1784
ca. 1739-1763