SPOKESHAVE, TWO-HANDED
c. 1870 - 1920A medium sized spokeshave made of wood with dual handles, one at each side.
Carved into shape, there is a metal plate that has been screwed down with 4 screws and a metal blade. The metal blade has been attached with two thin nail like ends that protrude from the wood so it is able to be adjusted to size and hammered out to be sharpened.
On the back is a handwritten inscription in pen noting ownership.
A spokeshave is a hand tool used to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes or chair legs.
Details
Details
"Belonged to OG Whitfield / Whitfield / Thurman"
OG Whitfield was (John) Oliver Goldsmith Whitfield (1870-1955), son of George Munro Whitfield (1816-1890). Oliver ran Whitfield's General Store in Newcastle (subsequently known as Toodyay) with his wife Eva in the 1900s. The site later became a bakery and, in the 1920s, the Wendouree Tea Rooms.
Donated to the museum by Anita Thurman (1909-1992), daughter of Oliver & Eva. Anita contributed a number of family artefacts, known as the Whitfield family collection, to the Newcastle Gaol Museum during the twentieth century.
Date range estimated from following features: full-wood body (cast iron alternatives began dominating the marker in the late 19th and early 20th centuries), wear plate and blade style.
