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Hearth brush

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1900-1933

GUSN

GUSN-8055

Description

Tapering shaft with acorn finial. Shaft turned at end, above an ovoid head with horsehair bristles.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dusting brushes (maintenance tools)
horsehair
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
acorn
pine (wood)
Pine
Horsehair
Acorn
Turned
BRUSH, DUSTING

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21.5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.503

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