Bill,

I'm sure you already found this page, which reproduces an advert giving a
31-DEC-1889 end date for Cowell & Chapman:

https://www.lumberjocks.com/Brit/blog/28488

Your plane is "better" than the David Stanley example in respect to the fence
adjustment.
The fine-pitch brass screws and beautifully rope-knurled nuts on your plane are
more practical and offer finer adjustment than the wooden threaded parts of the
David Stanley example.  Brass is a more "certain" manufacturing material than
wood; there's no fragile grain and less likelihood of a hidden internal flaw
ruining a partially-finished piece.

The whole design could possibly be reproduced with modern techniques and
materials for the "bespoke" market, a la Karl Hotley.  The body could be "hogged
out" of solid material or built up from pieces like as is done on an infill
plane made from brass plates.

John Ruth




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