Amazing Antique Carved Miniature Comb with Tiny Shape Wooden Teeth stark ohio but not this drawing---it sold

but not this drawing---it sold me immediately

fashioned of old crate wood showing a stenciled tea label on the underside of the top lid

5 1/4" x 3 1/4" and in very good condition

quite a long time ago I believe

Amazing Antique Carved Miniature Comb with Tiny Shape Wooden Teeth stark ohio but not this drawing---it soldI found this primitive miniature brush comb in an antiques shop near Brimfield, and have no real idea what it would have been used for but I think it is completely extraordinary! All of the tiny "teeth" appear to have been individually carved of wood, each with quite a sharp point, then the straight ends were inserted one by one into the face of the "brush." Perhaps it was used for combing small bits of fleece very very very finely? I cant imagine