Not currently on display at the V&A

Plane

Artist/Maker
John Green (made)
Newbould (made)
Place of origin
England (made)

Jack plane, wood with iron blade, the wood stamped 'JOHN GREEN', the blade stamped 'NEWBOULD'.


Object details

Categories
Woodwork
Tools & Equipment
Object type
Plane
Materials and techniques
Wood, iron blade
Wood
Iron
Brief description
Jack plane, wood with iron blade, the wood stamped 'JOHN GREEN', the blade stamped 'NEWBOULD', England, eighteenth century
Physical description
Jack plane, wood with iron blade, the wood stamped 'JOHN GREEN', the blade stamped 'NEWBOULD'.
Dimensions
  • Length: 33.02cm (Note: Taken from the Acquisition Register - not checked on object)
  • Width: 10.16cm (Note: Taken from the Acquisition Register - not checked on object)
An earlier version of the brief description, udpated in 2020, stated '3/4" wide wooden jack palen'
Marks and inscriptions
  • JOHN GREEN
  • NEWBOULD
  • Sticker on the underside reads: 'Exposition ART et TRAVAIL / Genève - 1957 / Arr. No 73 / Cat. No'
    Translation
    Exhibition of ART and WORK
Credit line
Given by C. Stanley Clarke Esq.
Object history
Given by C. Stanley Clarke Esq., Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, S. W.

See Registered Papers 1916/419 M
Also see papers 70/2741
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
W.27-1916

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O372274/plane-john-green/
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