Simple turned handle screwing into elliptically-shaped bristle head; black bristles approximately 3 " in length; body painted black.
firesets
bristle
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
Bristle
Painted
BROOM, FIREPLACE
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
6.125 (W) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.311
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