Plane
1771 (made)
| Place of origin |
Jointer plane or tryplane of beech wood with carved off set handles, dated 1771, scroll and swirl motifs
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Beech wood with carved handles |
| Brief description | Jointer plane or tryplane of beech wood with carved off set handles, England, dated 1771 |
| Physical description | Jointer plane or tryplane of beech wood with carved off set handles, dated 1771, scroll and swirl motifs |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 1771 |
| Object history | Bought for £2 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 Also see Registered Papers 45416/1893 and 98673/1893 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1165-1893 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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