Hearth brush with ring and ball turned handle terminating in an acorn like finial; horsehair bristles.
firesets
horsehair
rosewood (wood)
Accessory, Fireplace
Broom, Fireplace
Broom, Fireplace
Impressed in wood below top turnings, ""ADAMS trademark 518.""
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Adams (Maker)
USA
22 1/2 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.869
Possibly
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