Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint naive pig drawing and advising sticking dowels in

and advising sticking dowels in the oven for a couple of minutes if they have expanded--which I would indeed do

black painted details and the perfect orange painted base

so probably did lose an end at some point long ago

also known as King Solomon's Seal

dyed in the case of the red ones

Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint naive pig drawing and advising sticking dowels inI 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