Bilection Molding Plane (NC-684)
Dateca. 1753-1784
Maker
Cesar Chelor
MediumWood, iron, and steel
DimensionsLength: 9 15/16" Height: 3 3/16" Thickness: 1 1/4"
Credit LineBequest of David V. Englund
Object number2016-381
DescriptionPlane of standard rectangular shape with a coved step on the discharge side. 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 heavily relieved elliptical finial and a single-curve notch. A working life iron strike button has been added to the heel and the forestock has been pierced.MarkingsCE*CHELOR / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM
On heel: "A H," incised
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