Historical information

Rob. J. Godfrey was a company in Melbourne that manufactured many different forms of wooden milliners hat blocks in the first half of the twentieth century.

Physical description

A wooden milliner's block with no facial features on a square stand used by milliners to shape hat crowns. The headpiece can come apart from the base allowing another shape to fit on the stand.

Inscriptions & markings

Stamped under the headpiece - 22.