Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle mizushashi The exterior of the box

The exterior of the box shows age and wear--the finish is well worn is spots

no holes or tears

one inside the next

and signed on the bottom with what appears to be a stylized SL

perhaps in part because of the fabulous nature of the platypus itself

Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle mizushashi The exterior of the boxI'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it, and just fell in love with the look of it, with its elegant form and especially that beautiful tightly looping wire, which casts a pretty wonderful shadow. I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater, and that these are made, usually in German, for pretty heavy duty rug beating! The shape of this one is the loveliest I've seen, with an especially long wire neck giving it lots of