Plane, Molding

Object Name:

Plane, Molding

Object ID:

1979.070.048

Description:

Plane, molding. "R TAYLOR", "R BARNES". Medium-brown, fine-grained hardwood. Vertical annular rings with some rays prominent on toe 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 adjacent to body Next to it is a single convex surface on top from front to back. Plane has small sharp, straight chamfers across bottom, left, and right edges. On right side is small chamfer across bottom edge of extension, approx. 0.12" wide. On left side is chamfer across bottom edge from front to back approx. 0.9" wide. Cutting pattern on sole is single concave groove and iron width is 1.32" wide, depth of groove is 0.3". Stamped on toe, horizontally, "R. TAYLOR". Vertical stamp near top of body facing right, box stamp, serrated edges, all caps, serif: "R. BARNES". Iron has tang on left side. End is slightly turned over. Slight bend in tang going from left to right near center. Ghost of mark on bottom side of tang near end with very slight characters and possible serrated edge for stamp. These are all somewhat visible in reflected light and run parallel to length of tang.

Material:

Wood
Metal

Dimensions:

H-5.8 L-9.3 D-1.6 inches

Credit Line:

Gift of George F. Sawyer