Plane, Molding

Object Name:

Plane, Molding

Object ID:

1979.070.015

Creator:

Copeland & CompanyToolmaker

Place of Origin:

Hartford, CT

Description:

Plane, molding. "E.S. LORD", "COPELAND & CO".Medium brown, fairly fine-grained hardwood with some vertical grain pattern left side. Some marked rays in grain on back surface. On left small horizontal groove at front edge on left side about halfway up. Upward from groove, edge is chamfered to a right angle top front edge. Top left edge is chamfered from front to rounded back edge. Back edge chamfered downward to a small horizontal groove that roughly corresponds with height of extension on right side. On right side chamfering mirrors the configuration on left side. Top of extension has shallow concave groove in it. Vertical wood insert in bottom 1.7" high, 0.14" wide. Insert lighter-colored wood and has shrunken slightly in length. Pattern is essentially semi-circular groove that raises to small flat plane then drops to right-angle surface. Markings on plane. On back surface "3" with wavy line under it then "8".
Stamped vertically on back near bottom: "E. S. LORD". Stamped on front in vertically is "E. S. LORD" with the E & S and L slightly illegible. The rest is legible. Also stamped: "COPELAND & CO." in slightly curved line. Below in slightly curved line is: "WARRANTED". Serrations across top edge for part of it then fancy curved line top edge near center. Serrations along top edge near right. Right edge are two small curved lines. Horizontal line between words that has line and scroll at both ends. Bottom of stamp has serrated edge all the way across. Blade has stamp on front side of tang near end: "PROV. TOOL CO".

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-5.7 W-1.3 L-9.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer