Manufacturer

Varvill & Sons

Manufacturer Notes

According to a contemporary advertisement found online in the Ampleforth Journal, Robert Varvill & Sons were wholesale ironmongers, "Tool manufacturers, bar iron & steel merchants, dealers in paints, gilts, and colours" located at Bridge Street and Ebor Works, North Street in York

Category

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MATERIALS

Sub-Category

WOODWORKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Place Of Manufacture

Great Britain

Description

Brown wooden block plane with slightly curved sides and squared off ends. It has a wooden wedge that prevents the metal blade from moving. The wedge & blade could not be removed for closer inspection. The blade is set with its bevel up and sharp edge down. There are 4 small holes in the bottom. An inscription in the wood at one end reads "R. KERRY / VARVILL & SONS / EBOR WORKS / YORK"

History Of Use

The block plane was designed to be used with one hand. It received its name because of its block shape. They were especially used for fine cabinetry and model work. It can also be used for all ordinary work that does not require the plane to be adjusted frequently.

Material

WOOD-UNKNOWN; METAL/ALLOY-UNKNOWN;

Inscriptions

R. Kerry

Varville & Sons

York

Height

12.5

Width

7.7

Length

21

Units Of Measurement

Centimeters

Accession No.

1978.140.14

Type of Record

Museum Artifact

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