Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L George Kills on which there is some

on which there is some loss of lacquer on the backside in one corner

Another curious tool

though it reminds me so much of the work of Clarice Cliff (British)

just gorgeous

with just a bit of tearing to the paper label

Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L George Kills on which there is someThis may be my favorite brush yet! I think the construction is amazing, with what I believe are horsehair bristles running both horizontally, along the handle and, and vertically, tethered by wire, and then bound again by stitched string. The lines, patterns, textures make this feel as much like sculpture as a functional object, and a really satisfying and substantial one. Just gorgeous. I believe there was once a metal end cap attached to the end of