Restored Carpenter Plane Lamp Marples and Sons
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Restored Carpenter Plane Lamp Marples and Sons

Restored Carpenter Plane Lamp Marples and Sons

Restored Carpenter Plane Lamp Marples and Sons

Restored Carpenter Plane Lamp Marples and Sons

$387.00
Code:JOHNBARR5
This table lamp has been created from an old carpenter's block plane made by Marples & Son, a company established in Sheffield, England in the mid-19th century and producing quality woodworking tools for well over a hundred years.

The marples brand is incorporated into the steel and is still visible on the cutting blade and is just visible on the toe of the block. Marples used a classic shamrock image and the word ‘Hibernia’ to identify their range of quality tools.

The ‘rhino horn’ handle on this example is typical of a German or continental style of plane. It is a ‘Schrupphobel’ or scrub plane but is commonly called a ‘Bismarck’ and named after Prince Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of a united Germany from 1862 to 1890.

The plane has been cleaned, lightly sanded and hand finished with natural beeswax. Any marks and blemishes resulting from years of use have been retained to give a sense of the history of the tool and those who have used it.

An Edison bulb is supplied with this lamp and it comes with its own written story about the carpenter plane.

Height: 200mm
Width: 250mm
Thickness: 65mm

If you would like this item couriered to you within NZ, please contact our Vault team on wellington@thevaultnz.com for a freight quote. I’m sorry we don’t send this piece internationally. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Price: $387.00
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