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Plane

1734 (made)
Place of origin

Rabbet moulding plane, carved beech wood, dated 1734, with scrolls


Object details

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Brief description
Rabbet moulding plane, carved beech wood, probably English, possibly Dutch, dated 1734
Physical description
Rabbet moulding plane, carved beech wood, dated 1734, with scrolls
Dimensions
  • Length: 19.05cm
Departmental paper records give dimensions 7 1/2" long, 2 3/4" wide - not checked on object
Marks and inscriptions
1734
Object history
Bought for £1 from Charles W. Brown 'C.W and J.H. Brown, Antique Furniture and China Dealers', 21 Oxford Street, London, from whom the Museum bought various small items of metalwork, woodworking tools and woodwork 1891-1907, according to the nominal file. (Brown is not listed in Mark Westgarth, A Biographical Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Antique & Curiosity Dealers (Regional Furniture vol. XXIII, 2009)). Nominal File MA/1/B291.

Loaned to Science Museum. Returned 2006.
See papers 70/2741

Collection
Accession number
1166-1893

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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