Ritch & SJ
Vintage William Marples & Sons, Shamrock brand, 6 1/2" Mortice Gauge, in rosewood and brass
Vintage William Marples & Sons, Shamrock brand, 6 1/2" Mortice Gauge, in rosewood and brass
6 1/2" mortice guage in rosewood and brass.
by Wm Marples & Sons Ltd, Sheffield, England.
Circa 1960-1973
Width 7 1/2" (16cm)
Height 3 1/8" (8cm)
Depth 2 1/4" (5.5cm)
William Marples was one of several ‘Marples’ in Sheffield manufacturing joiners tools in the 1840s. Know for their brass inlaid rosewood & ebony braces, boxwood spokeshaves, beech planes, gauges and squares. The company is in family hands and still based in Sheffield.
Has a brass thumb screw, adjustable mortice slider and brass plates to the block, with a rosewood body.
Has been lightly cleaned to keep the original patina.
Aged related wear.
All items where appropriate will be sent well packaged, tracked and insured.
Where possible we will combine purchases for shipping. Total weigh approx. 0.22Kg.