Object number
96/27/1
Creator
Description
Sash fillister plane with 5 cm blade. Marked 'Sothert, Bath'. owners, 'C. May' and 'B. Townsend'. From a carpenter and joiner in Reading.
A sash fillister plane (a rebate plane fitted with a fence, for use in window-making) with a 5 cm blade. It is marked with the name of the maker, 'Sothert, Bath' (1856–1967), and the names of two previous owners, 'C. May' and 'B. Townsend'. The plane is part of a collection of woodworking tools which belonged to the donor’s father, a carpenter and joiner in Reading.
Physical description
1 plane: wood
Production place
Bath
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