Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
block plane with saw teeth
Object Number:
1948.452
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Wood, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 16.5 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on front of stock: "[?]OODMAN & HUSS&/HAMMACHER"
impressed: on blade: "W.P" and hallmark/"WARRANTED/WARD"
Description:
Wooden toothing plane composed of a boat-shaped stock perforated by a central opening through which an iron serrated blade is inserted at a downward angle and tightened with a wooden wedge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wolfe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
