Plane

Object Name:

Plane

Object ID:

1968.011.04.4

Description:

Plane. Wood and steel. Medium-brown hardwood. Square toe (front edge). Body starts at toe, becomes larger, tapers to smaller heel. Top of heel chamfered. Some worn areas on sole parallel to axis. White marks on sole surface. Crack on left side of sole to mouth. Crack near right side of sole near mouth to within 1/2" of heel. Short crack at left side at end of mouth that runs forward and extends backward slightly. Central crack behind mouth runs upward in bed about two-thirds of its length. Cracks at edge of bed from top surface downward about 1.5" on left and right sides. Back iron missing. Iron has slightly chamfered front edge and tapers in thickness from front to top edge. Elongated slot in center of iron ~2.7" long. Leads to circular hole 0.7" diameter. Top edge peened over from striking. It has short, clipped corners. Stamp on iron obscured by surface residues and corrosion. "CAST STEEL" bottom line. Two other lines of text above it; top line might be curved. Six small circles struck into toe. Heel has some hammer dents in it.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Steel

Dimensions:

H-4.6 W-2.7 L-7.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva C. Sleeper