Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown Museum 25-Aug-11
Tools List still under construction
Category Historic Maritime I (1607-1676): The First Colonial Dominion
SubCategory Planes Joseph Fuller
Rounding plane 31102T1
10" long, 5/8" wide photo photo
signed "JO. FULLER PROVIDENCE"
This plane was made by Joseph Fuller of Providence, RI (information from Pollack, 4th Ed.) It is one
of the most important planes in the Museum collection and a classic example of the 18th century
florescence of planemakers in southern New England.
Category Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic
SubCategory Domestic Utensils
Food chopper 30311T3
7 1/2" long, 6" wide
unsigned
The handle is missing.
SubCategory Planes Abiel F. Walker
Beading plane 33002T2L
8 9/16" long
unsigned
The bead is damaged. This plane is from the Abiel Walker hoard, Alna, Maine. It has the same
wedge profile as the three other late 18th century planes in Walker's tool kit. Its length is unusually
short.
Category Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial Revolution
SubCategory Edge Tools - Forged
Chisel 31811T18
9 1/12" long, 1/2" wide
signed obscured in a forge fold, might be "SHAW"
SubCategory Edge Tools - Imported English Cast Steel
Chisel 33002T20
9" long including 5 1/6" handle
signed "Moulson Brothers Cast Steel"
SubCategory Measuring Tools

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