Plane, Block

Object number
55.6
Creator
Baldwin Tool Co
Date
1850 – 1900
Description
Long block plane, handle on top, slot for blade. Includes blade, wedge. Unidentified wood; very heavy. Used by Thomas D. Stoddard in his boatbuilding shop on long wharf.

Blade: stamped "Baldwin Tool Co/Warranted/Made From Butchers Cast Steel". On end of block: stamped "T. Stoddard" four times.
Credit Line
Gift of Minnie Stoddard and Isaac Peabody
Related People & Organizations
Stoddard, Thomas D. (associated)
Stoddard, Minnie (associated)
Peabody, Isaac (associated)