Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap asian influence Iowa in the 1920s

Iowa in the 1920s

closing with a clasp

The cards are in great shape but the box--which measures 3 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" deep x 2 1/2" tall--shows its age

I assume: 1903

making it distinctly different from every angle

Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap asian influence Iowa in the 1920sI'd guess this lovely old handmade brush, with its hand sewn pink cloth wrapped ferrule, is Victorian, but I'm not completely sure, and I'm also not entirely certain whether it was intended as a crumb brush, or a clothes brush, or what. It's quite a sweet one though, with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth), and a nicely shaped turned wooden handle. The fabric, which