Scraper, cabinet scraper

This cabinet scaper was stored in a fine early 19th century toolchest. The history of the toolchest is uncertain. Many of the tools in it are marked 'W Gray'. A metal name plate found in one of the drawers carries his name, the word 'pattern' and the address, 'Cavendish Grove, Wandsworth Road'. Gray was living in this area in the mid 19th century. However, many of the boxwood planes, stamped with his owner's mark, were made twenty or thirty years earlier. This cabinet scraper may have been made by Gray and used for the final smoothing of hardwood surfaces.