Object number
69/128
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Description
A moulding plane with a wooden stock and steel blade, used to create a decorative profile in wood. It is marked with the name of the manufacturer, 'Griffiths // Norwich', and is also marked 'Pestell'.The plane is part of a set of cabinet maker's tools, many of which are marked 'W. Newton', suggesting this may have been the name of the cabinet maker from whom the donor acquired the set.
Physical description
1 plane: wood
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘PLANE (Moulding) // 69/128 // CRAFTS Wood // ... // Wood // Steel // [pencil drawing] // Marked: GRIFFITHS // NORWICH // ? PESTELL'
Production place
Norwich
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