Object Number 1957.0026.001 A- C

Object Name

Tool (for wood) (Long plane)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Belin du Pont

Creator (Role)

Nathaniel Dominy V (Maker)
1770-1852
Married Temperance Miller c. 1794. Children: John, Nancy, Felix

Samuel Newbould (Manufacturer)
Bibliography: Goodman. "British Planemakers from 1700" (1978). pg. 173.

Place of Origin

East Hampton, New York, Long Island, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Stock

Secondary Place of Origin

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

Iron

Date

1802

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Stock, on toe; Stamped in block letters: "DOMINY" in serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Stock, on toe; Inscribed "1802"
3. ; Iron; "NEWBOULD" stamped on front surface of iron (per previous cataloguer)

Subjects

Dominy Family Woodworking

Materials

Beech, American; Iron; Iron

Dimensions (inches)

6.9 (H) , 25 (L) , 3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.5 (H) , 63 (L) , 7.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hummel, Charles F. 1968 With Hammer in Hand: The Dominy Craftsmen of East Hampton, New York.
• pg 111
[Book] Salaman, Raphael Arthur. 1990 Dictionary of Woodworking Tools c. 1700 -1970 and tools of allied trades.
• pg 333