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Plane
Frans Moret (Dutch)
Dutch (Amsterdam)
1745
Medium/Technique
Beechwood
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 × 6.5 × 20 cm (5 11/16 × 2 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rumiko and Laurent Adamowicz
Accession Number2023.1221
ClassificationsTools and equipment
DescriptionWooden plane with inscribed date 1745 and decorative scrollwork around the interior
Marks
Marked three times with FM with fleur de lys
ProvenanceMarch 28, 1992, International Auction of Antique Woodworking and Allied Trades Tools, David Stanley Auctions, Osgathorpe, England, lot 732 to Laurent and Rumiko Adamowicz, Cambridge, MA; April 20, 2018, sale (consigned by Laurent and Rumiko Adamowicz), Skinner, Marlborough (auction 3093M), lot 476, unsold; 2023, gift of Laurent and Rumiko Adamowicz to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)