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H8590-1 Finger plane, part of collection of violin making tools, metal, E Preston & Sons, Ireland, date unknown
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Object statement
Finger plane, part of collection of violin making tools, metal, E Preston & Sons, Ireland, date unknown
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
According to lexicon definition the company is Irish

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Description
Heavy oval base with a flat rectangular blade of metal slanting out the top. Screw and arm of metal clamped down over blade to hold it in place. Arm attached to base by a screw on each side. Makers mark pressed in blade.
Made: E Preston & Sons; Ireland
Marks
Maker mark impressed on blade "E PRESTON & SONS/TRADE MARK" and a design of an E and a P
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
H8590-1
Height
49 mm
Width
67 mm
Depth
22 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1969

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
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