Summary

Metal woodworking tool, circa 1870 - 1970, taken from Area A at Adolph Bruhn & Son's Wood Turners Shop, 283 Coventry Street, South Melbourne. The business was established by Adolph Bruhn circa 1893 in Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Upon his death in 1919 it was then operated by Adolph's son Sophus Christopher Bruhn. Upon Sophus's death in 1959 his son Sophus Walter Bruhn took over the business. In 1970 Sophus reduced the scale of the business and relocated to South Melbourne. The business closed upon Sophus's death in January 1990.

Adolph Bruhn migrated to Australia from Germany in 1884, at the age of 29. He arrived in Adelaide where he lived for 10 months before moving to Victoria, where he settled, established his business, married and had five children.

Physical Description

An elongated tool with a hollow barrel-shaped top which appears to fit onto a drill or machine. Extending from the centre of this is a stem, rounded and long. The working part is at the bottom of the stem and is shaped like a gouge. Above the gouge the stem is partly cut away at an angle downward toward the gouge.

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