Plane, Molding

Object Name:

Plane, Molding

Object ID:

1979.070.032

Description:

Plane, molding. "L DODGE". Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood. Some flecks in grain showing on left side. 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. Plane has small sharp, straight chamfers across bottom, left, and right edges. On left side is broad, horizontal chamfer at bottom edge, 0.9" wide. Pattern is concave groove in bottom surface. Depth of groove is measured from iron: 0.15", width is 0.75". Stamp on left side, horizontal near back: "L DODGE". Letters are large and crude. Painted on heel, right side, horizontal: "1 2" and is in white and applied to surface. On front is vertical stamp, serrated edges--two of them, facing right side, one above other, top: "...COPELAND" and the other is illegible. Can see box with serrations only. It probably has seven or eight characters. Blade has tang at its left side. Bend in tang about half-way up. Stamp in tang near top, 2 lines: "WILLIAM ASH & Co / SHEFFIELD". Crude excised "X" on toe about 1.5" high.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-5.3 W-1.1 L-9.5 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer

People:

Dodge, Leonard (1805-1863)