Mid 19th C. Henry Taylor (England) Grain Painting Combs Set in Original Box pen which I at least associate

which I at least associate strongly with the 1970s and feel somehow both more healthy and more interesting eating on and drinking from

so it definitely pre-dates that

dogs and dutch children

with lots of scrapes and scratches--to my eye a perfect combo and I would not change a thing

all clean lines and crisp geometries

Mid 19th C. Henry Taylor (England) Grain Painting Combs Set in Original Box pen which I at least associateA remnant from the era when people grain painted boxes and furniture, originally in order to emulate the appearance of more expensive woods, this is a set of eight pre Civil War wood graining hand combs made by Henry Taylor Co., Sheffield, England. As found, in their original case with partial paper label remaining, and with eight of what I believe was an original set of 12 combs is present, representing three different sizes with various degrees of