Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap Koren as they are just so

as they are just so lovely

with a terrific presence

from the triangular orange topper on the lid

I can just picture its maker planning out the design and then emphatically carving away

Handmade Antique Horsehair Brush with Turned Handle and Pink Cloth Wrap Koren as they are just soI'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