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GUSN-197841
Long wooden handle brush with painted bristles. The bristles are a tan color but the ends are slightly blackened. The handle is scratched up by the bristles and has black marks going all the way up the handle. The handle has a spindle look to it and looks to have been stained at one point. The handle has a few inscriptions on it.
brushes: maintenance tools
primary wood
bristle
Brush
"6" (On one side of the handle etched and stain is removed)
"ADAMS [illegible might be a backwards S] (On one side of the handle and stain has been removed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2514
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