29th Apr, 2009 12:00

Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Popham)

 
  Lot 143
 

143

[M] A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED FRUITWOOD PORTUGESE ...

A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED OAK CONTINENTAL WOODWORKER'S PLANE
the top decorated with a stylised dolphin front handle and decorated back handle (old wear, evidence of old worm) -- 49in. (124.5cm.)
Possibly carved by a shipwright, a very similar plane from the Tiroler Volkskunstsmuseum at Innsbruck and described as 17th century is illustrated in W.L. Goodman: The History of Woodworking Tools, Bell, London, 1964, p.59.

 
A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED OAK CONTINENTAL WOODWORKER'S PLANE
the top decorated with a stylised dolphin front handle and decorated back handle (old wear, evidence of old worm) -- 49in. (124.5cm.)
Possibly carved by a shipwright, a very similar plane from the Tiroler Volkskunstsmuseum at Innsbruck and described as 17th century is illustrated in W.L. Goodman: The History of Woodworking Tools, Bell, London, 1964, p.59.
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