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2016-337, Plane
Standing Fillister Plane (NC-654)
2016-337, Plane

Standing Fillister Plane (NC-654)

Dateca. 1720-1753
Maker Francis Nicholson
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 10" Height: 3 1/16" Thickness: 3/4"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-337
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with an integral fence. Top and side edges have flat chamfers that terminate with lamb’s tongue cuts on the far side, and altered chamfer stops on the discharge side that have been cut down. Fitted with a sharpened iron and wedge with a slightly relieved elliptical finial and simple single curve notch.
MarkingsF*NICHOLSON / WRENTHAM