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Animal brush

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-22490

Description

Leather handle horse screwing brush; oval; strap sewn on top of leather portion as handle; tan and black horsehair(?) bristles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

brushes
horsehair
leather
Leather
Horsehair
BRUSH, ANIMAL

Inscription

Impressed on top of leather handle: ""WARRANTED/ BRISTLES/ LEADER/ ARMY"" Embossed on leather backing: ""The B J Co"" [in monogram form]

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

The B. J. Co. (Maker)

Dimensions

4 x 1.5 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.2550

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