router plane
Report a Mistake- Date Made 1863-1894
- Event --
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer John Moseley & Son
- Object Number 988.77.743 a-c
- Place of Origin Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England, Municipality - London
- Place of Use Continent - Europe (tbv), Country - United Kingdom, England (tbv), Municipality - London (tbv)
- Category Tools and equipment for materials
- Sub-category Woodworking tools and equipment
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Earliest 1863/01/01
- Latest 1894/12/31
- Inscription (stock) JOHN MOSELEY & SON 54-55 BROAD ST. BLOOMSBURY, LONDON/R.E. BURTENSHAW; J. STEELE
- Materials Beech
- Measurements Height 6.2 cm, Length 7.4 cm, Width 15.1 cm
- Related activity Carpentry
- Caption Planes
- Additional Information The plane, which is used principally for shaping (or sizing), fitting and finishing, consists of a chisel-like cutting iron fixed into a wooden stock or iron sole. Its invention is said to have been the most important advance in woodworking tools of the last two thousand years. The plane's earliest known use was by Roman joiners at the beginning of the Christian Era. Excerpt from exhibition text: On the Cutting Edge: The Arthur Pascal Collection of Woodworking Hand Tools, December 1991 to October 2005.