Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

Timeless Elegance & Mid-Century Icons: The Curator's Timed Auction

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Lot 336 An Assortment of 19th Century British Wooden Bench and Moulding Planes including Benjamin Chatfield

An assortment of 19th and early 20th-century wooden woodworking tools, primarily consisting of hand planes, presented in a lot box. The collection includes various wooden moulding planes of different profiles and widths, a large wooden bench plane featuring a shaped tote handle, and a wooden marking gauge with a dark finish and brass hardware. Also present is a small wooden-handled tool, possibly a scribe or chisel, along with several loose wooden wedges and components. One of the larger planes is clearly stamped with the maker name B. CHATFIELD on the heel, attributed to the 19th-century London plane maker Benjamin Chatfield. Another plane exhibits a partial stamp ending in FIELD. The tool bodies are constructed from wood, likely beech, with steel irons and blades. The marking gauge features brass adjustment components. The box bears a lot sticker numbered 0336.

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