Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint seaweed art filled front and back

filled front and back

feature what can essentially be understood as rebuses

Certainly it is mid-century Scandinavian

is lacquered papier mache

and super useful as a trivet on the dinner table or just for a cup of tea

Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint seaweed art filled front and backI love an old brush, and the old gold paint on the ferrule of this one just struck me as especially lovely. The black painted turned wooden handle is pretty nice too, with a hole near the end to thread a ribbon through should one wish to hang it. There is a little bristle loss on one side (horsehair I believe) but the rest of the bristles are tightly held and tapered to give it a beautiful shape. 9 3 4" l x 1 3 4" in diameter at ferrule. Late 19th