Summary

Woodworking tool, circa 1900-1970. It was taken from a carpenter's bench drawer in Area E3 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

Body of this object is spiral. There is a small square base. The head tapers to a point still retaining its spiral form except for a smooth band between the head and the body. Wound onto the middle of the body is an object resembling a wide letter "C". At each of the ends there is a small square cut out. The middle is hollow with a spiral thread cut into it.

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