F Nicholson Planes
Francis Nicholson (1683-4 to 1753)
Boston to Wrentham, MA
​
GAWP 5 entry for Francis Nicholson.
D mark
imprint D, courtesy the article: Francis Nicholson Update, The Chronicle 58-3, 9-2005, by Ted Ingraham.
This photo documents the F : Nicholson imprint on a quarter round molder, the second plane known with this imprint. Comparing the construction details of this molder with those found on the earliest known Francis Nicholson planes, Ingraham concludes that there is "little doubt that the birch plow and the beech quarter-round with the crude “F:NICHOLSON” mark are the work of Francis of Wrentham."
F: Nicholson plow. Courtesy Dick Rosenblatt.
imprint C
imprint B1
imprint B
Molders with imprints C, B1 and B (earlier left to later right)
Molders with imprints C, B1 and B (earlier in front to later in back)
Example dimensions for imprints C, B1 and B
imprint F to N length
example devise
C dot 10 3/8"
B1 star 10 1/8"
B star 9 7/8"
imprint finial dimension
example (height / length)
C 13/16" by 15/16"
B1 7/8" by 15/16"
B 15/16" by 1 3/16"
imprint chamfer body top to top
example width of chamfer stop
C 7/16" 1 7/8"
B1 3/8" 1 11/16"
B 5/16" 1 1/2"
Molder, C imprint, 10 3/8" length
Molder, B1 imprint, 10 1/8" length
Molder, B imprint, 9 7/8" length
Plow, B imprint, 10" length
Crown molder, B imprint, 13" length
Smoother, B imprint, 6-13/16" length
(The only F Nicholson smoother that's been reported.)
