The Davistown Museum

Center for the Study of Early Tools

Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of

information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for:

J. C. Larrabee

Status

Location

Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic

Woodworking: Planes Made in Maine

50402T2

Skew plane

bio

photo

LPC

MH

Wood, no blade, 13 1/4" long, 2 3/8" wide, signed "J. C. Larrabee" with owner's initials "C.J.S." overstamped on the mark, partially obscuring

it.

Larrabee is an up-to-now unlisted Brunswick-area Maine planemaker. The plane is heavily chamfered with the offset handle and handle profile

characteristic of 18th century planes. This tool may predate the Waterman and Metcalf planes in the Museum collection. His working dates

are as yet unknown. This plane was formerly in the Bob Wheeler collection and is now loaned to the Museum by the current owner.

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