Object number
69/131
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Description
A spoke shave with a wooden stock and steel blade, used to shape and smooth round work. It is marked with the name of the manufacturer, 'D. Flather & Sons // Warranted', and is also marked 'W. Newton'. 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 spokeshave:wood and metal [steel]; fair condition
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – ‘SHAVE – spoke // 69/131 // CRAFTS Wood // ... // Wood // Steel // [pencil drawing] // Marked: // D. FLATHER & SONS // WARRANTED // W. NEWTON'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_11557.tif - High resolution image
