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Jointer Plane

Date1748-1775

Artist/Maker William Madox

Artist/Maker John Green

OriginEngland, London

MediumWood, iron, and steel

DimensionsLength: 29 7/8" Height: 2 7/8" Width: 3 9/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1992-197

DescriptionTypical long rectangular bench plane with a flat sole and top discharge. The tote, which is closed with a decorative segmented design, is slightly offset to the right, and sits in a mortise behind the throat secured with a screw. The top and side edges have wide flat chamfers that terminate with gauge cuts while the top check edges of the throat have tapering eye chamfers. Fitted with a sharpened iron and a flat-topped wedge with mitered corners.
Label TextJointers, the longest of the bench planes, were used to true up boards intended to be joined edge-to-edge. They were pushed along the board’s edge in one continuous motion to produce a smooth, level surface.
MarkingsOn toe: raised "MADOX" within a crenulated cartouche and an incuse "TD"; on toe and heel: "C.DAVIS," incuse; on iron: "IOHN GREEN," incuse

ProvenancePurchased by source at the David Stanley auction of antique tools, Leicestershire, England, 3 October 1992, Lot 1009.