Summary

Alternative Name(s): Chalice

Wooden goblet painted black created by Adolph Bruhn & Son, circa 1970 - 1990. It was 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

Wooden goblet, painted black. Cup part smooth; side round; beneath a wide groove; then below it a lip which curves inwards getting narrower in the middle; then small repeat of last followed by a stem. Stem is narrow in the middle curving wider at top and bottom. Base widens until about the same diameter as the cup. Rim at top of cup is very thin. Inside is unstained, hollowed out.

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