Items available for Education Loans from The Davistown Museum 20-Nov-03
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 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. It's length is unusually short.
Category Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial

Revolution
SubCategory Edge Tools - Imported English Cast Steel
Chisel 33002T20
9" long including 5 1/6" handle
signed "Moulson Brothers Cast Steel"
SubCategory Miscellaneous Items
Horseshoe 83102T2
5" high, 4 1/2" wide
unsigned
A nicely forged example of a farrier made horseshoe.
SubCategory Miscellaneous Tools
Oil stone 33002T21
9 7/8" long, frame 10 1/16" long
unsigned
SubCategory Planes not made in Maine

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