Antique Horsehair Barber's Brush with Turned Wood Handle vermont Fill the box

Fill the box

I love how simple

which I would hang on the wall in the kitchen or mudroom to have near at hand as needed

Edmund Squire

making them difficult to date

Antique Horsehair Barber's Brush with Turned Wood Handle vermont Fill the boxThe lovely antique barber's brush features a turned oak wooden handle, and beautiful long and very soft! horsehair bristles, I believe it dates to the late 19th or early 20th century, but have not found another exactly like it. The form of the handle is a bit unusual; shorter than one typically sees, and with the end tip of the wood actually being a plug that pulls out, as if one might store a little something inside! Perhaps a secret snuff