Fine 19th Century Shaker Turned Handle Tapered Horsehair Brush suffrage sign 1" across at opening

1" across at opening

" a 2002 exhibition organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art

Dating from around the late 19th century

made from a  pretty perfectly sized spool of fishing line

Fine 19th Century Shaker Turned Handle Tapered Horsehair Brush suffrage sign 1" across at openingI find the relationship between the form of the turned handle and the tapered bristles at the other end of this brush super satisfying, made all the better by the combination of dark wood and black bristles flecked with blonde ones. And the shape of the ferrule, with that perfect ring separating it from the beginning of the narrowest stretch of the handle, really gets me. Having bought and sold a fair number of brushes, I can say that one can deeply