Collection Highlights
Edwin Booth as Hamlet
Date:
1870-1879
Object Number:
PR.104.3
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
hollow plane
Object Number:
1948.441
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 16 x 2 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 40.6 x 7 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on front end of stock: "G. TOLLNER/221 BOWERY/N-4"
Description:
Wooden round plane composed of a rectangular stock with a convex sole perforated by a central slit through which a blade (now missing) is inserted at a downward angle and tightened with a wooden wedge; a curved handle is inserted into the fore end of the stock.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wolfe
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
