Plane, Smoothing

Object Name:

Plane, Smoothing

Object ID:

1986.100.01

Creator:

Heald, Addison (1817-1895)

Place of Origin:

Milford, NH

Date:

1868-1873

Description:

Plane, smoothing, made by Addison Heald (1817-1895), Milford, NH. Maple. Medium brown, fine-grain, hardwood. Chamfer starts in a groove about halfway up on front left side, extends upward to square, front corner, extends across top edge of plane to rounded, back corner, then extends downward to another groove. Chamfer on right side roughly mirrors that on left side. Cutting surface flat. Mouth width 1.71". Iron approximately same width and is stuck in place. Some parallel wear marks on left side. Iron has flat, top edge. Has long clipped corners with long shallow angles. Top edge turned over in both directions from being struck. Blade stamped, rectangular with semi-circular top edge. Bottom edge not well struck. Left, right, and arch have serrated outer edges. Inside arch is raised, semi-circular area. In center of that is chevron depression with 8-pointed star in center of it. Around arch: "MOULSON BROTHERS". Across bottom in two lines: "WARRANTED / CAST STEEL". Raised strike button on front, diameter 0.74". Raised approximately 0.12". Stamp on heel, rectangular serrated edges top, bottom, and right. Only letter "M" is visible and possible "W". Another stamp of different type that runs perhaps vertically near top and is horizontal. On front on toe are two stamps. Semi-circular band across top, straight band across bottom with text. Inner and outer edges above and below text are serrated. Curved around top: "ADDISON HEALD". Horizontally "MILFORD N.H" . In the semi-circular space between text is raised, 5-pointed star with depressed circle in center. Around star are alternating high and low rays, radiating towards edges. At center is another stamp, rectangular, serrated left and top edges, stamped once on fore and once on breech end: "JMW" which would correspond to the one on the back which isn't clear.

Material:

Wood
Maple
Metal

Dimensions:

H-4.2 W-2.2 L-9 inches

Provenance:

Owned by Captain Learned Kyes (1807-1879), his son-in-law, John F. D'Orsay, Winslow Sumner Kyes (1832-1895), Karl Sumner Kyes (1878-1963), and then to donor, Catherine Kyes Elberfeld (1913-), all of Peterborough, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Catherine Kyes Elberfeld

People:

Heald, Addison (1817-1895)