Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap asian influence I found this terrific "T"

I found this terrific "T" along with a "B" and an "R" (listed separately) packed together in an envelope at an antique shop and just fell in love with them

Iowa in the 1920s

and have not found another quite like him

making it distinctly different from every angle

closing with a clasp

Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap asian influence I found this terrific "T"I'd guess this lovely old handmade brush, with its hand sewn pink cloth wrapped ferrule, is Victorian, but I'm not completely sure, and I'm also not entirely certain whether it was intended as a crumb brush, or a clothes brush, or what. It's quite a sweet one though, with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth), and a nicely shaped turned wooden handle. The fabric, which