Name/Title
Silver clothing brush with roses of the Foster family, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2013.30.2Description
ACC. NO. 13.30.2
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
OBJECT: BRUSH, CLOTHES
DESCRIPTION: A CIRCULAR-SHAPED HAND BRUSH WITH TOP OF STERLING SILVER IN A ROCOCO PATTERN FEATURING ROSES. STERLING IS SIGNED, "F & B STERLING, 1841."
SIZE: L 4-1/2" X W 3"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A STERLING SILVER CLOTHING BRUSH ENGRAVED WITH THE INITIALS, "W.J.F." THE BRUSH BELONGED TO A MALE MEMBER OF THE FOSTER FAMILY, LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA.
DONOR: MRS. WINSLOW FOSTER,
CATALOGED: JUNE 1, 2013
