CLOTHES BRUSH FROM 12-PC BLUE ENAMEL DRESSER SET
Color: Blue, silver
A clothes brush, part of a 12-piece blue enamel dresser set, ca. 1920s. There is a handle with sterling silver rim and a blue enamel top, which has a radial-line design emanating from a center point and having fleur-de-lis-like patterns at the ends and the appearance of a beaded edge. The base, from which the bristles extend, may be of celluloid and the bristles are of a natural color. There are two points on the edges where fasteners hold the brush base in place. The maker's mark with an engraved "F & B" and "STERLING" is toward the middle on one side of the rim. In good condition, the artifact has a dent on one side of the rim near the maker's mark and light scratches on the enamel side.
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Three-dimensional, Clothes brushes, Clothing and dress--Care
