General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD STOCK/ METAL (IRON OR STEEL) CUTTING IRON

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

23.9 cm

Width

3.6 cm

Height

14.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Industrial Technology

Category

Tools-Hand

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Clarke

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Liverpool

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

BEAD MOULDING PLANE USED TO PRODUCE A SUNK SIDE BEAD WITH A QUIRK, WITH A SINGLE OBLIQUE BOX/ USED TO MAKE DECORATIVE MOULDING FOR CORNICE STRIPS BASEBOARDS, WINDOW OR DOOR FRAMES, PANELS IN CABINETS, PICTURE FRAME, ETC.

Technical

THE FORM OF MOULDINGPLANES HAS BEEN EST'D SINCE APPRX. 1770, WITH A STOCK 9.5 IN. LONG & 0.625-1.25 IN. WIDE AT THE TOP, & A STEP HALF WAYDOWN THE STOCK. THE SOLE HAS A SMALL FENCE ON ONE SIDE & A REBATED STEP ON THE OTHER FORMING THE DEPTH STOP. BEECH BEAD PLANES HAVE SOLE REINFORCED BY STRIPS OF BOXWOOD (BOXING); IRONS ARE BEDDED AT 55-60 DEGREES (REF.1). USE OF PLANES TO SHAPE MOULDINGS WAS COMMON JOINERY PRACTICE IN ENGLAND IN 17TH-18TH CENTURIES, & IN N. AMERICA. LATE IN 18TH C. THERE WAS A CHANGE FROM ROMAN CLASSICAL DESIGNS, WHICH WERE BASED ON SEGMENTS OF A CIRCLE OR CONTINUOUS CURVATURES COMBINED WITH RECTILINEAR FILLETS TO GRECIAN DESIGNS WITH MORE ABRUPT PROFILES WITH MARKED TURNING POINTS, QUARKS & BEVELS (REF.1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STAMPED LETTERING READING 'JAS CLARKE, LIVERPOOL' ON ONE END; 'W.R. FORSTER' ON BOTH ENDS

Missing

N/A

Finish

UNFINISHED

Decoration

N/A