Signed and Dated Varloper or Try Plane

Description:

Signed and Dated Varloper or Try Plane, France, c. 1797, boxwood body with two caved pigeons below the mouth, delicately shaped handle, signed on the side "Fait Par Moy Heny Comte en I'an 4," lg. 29 1/2 in.

Literature: L'outil et le Compagnon, pp. 136-7; Codes & Symbols of European Tools, p. 25.
Provenance: The property of Laurent Adamowicz.
Estimate $5,000-7,000


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