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April 20, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Frans Moret Dutch Blokschaaf Hand Plane

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Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 3093MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 20, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Frans Moret Dutch Blokschaaf Hand Plane, Netherlands, 18th century, finely carved stock with volutes, scrolls, and dated "1745," with iron strike button, small spiral carved into the wedge, and stamped "FM," with his fleur-de-lis three times, lg. 8 in.

Literature: Codes & Symbols of European Tools, p. 130.

Note: Frans Moret is discussed extensively in Four Centuries of Dutch Planes and Planemakers, by Gerrit van der Sterre.
Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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Keywords

Gerrit van der Sterre, Laurent Adamowicz, Netherlands