Object Number 1957.0093.082 A- C

Object Name

Tool (for wood) (Long plane)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Mottram (Maker)

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

Place of Origin

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Hummel in "With Hammer in Hand" writes that there were two firms in Sheffield with Mottram in the name. Mottram and Greaves of Mottram and Company He writes "There is little doubt that the blade was made in Sheffield." Blade made by Mottram, Sheffield, England, 1821-1849.

Secondary Place of Origin

East Hampton, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Stock made by N. Dominy V.

Date

1797

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Stock, on toe; Stamped in block letters "DOMINY" in a serrated rectangle
2. Inscription; Stock, on toe; Incised "1797"
3. Mark; Iron; Stamped incuse in block letters "MOTTRAM"

Subjects

Dominy Family Woodworking

Materials

Beech, American; Iron; Iron; Ivory

Dimensions (inches)

7 (H) , 26 (L) , 3 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17 (H) , 66 (L) , 7.7 (W)

Measurement Notes

Catalogued assembled.

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.
• Published: fig 74, pg 111
[Book] Salaman, Raphael Arthur. 1990 Dictionary of Woodworking Tools c. 1700 -1970 and tools of allied trades.
• pg 333