Brush

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Brush

Entry/Object ID

2023.14.7

Description

Shoe polishing brush with a painted handle. The brush has horsehair bristles stemming from the entirety of one side of the handle. The other side of the handle is painted with the image of a monument of a mountain lion (the catamount monument in Bennington, Vermont) set in an exterior scene. The bottom is labeled, "Souvenir of Bennington".

Context

Made by Pasquale "Patsy" Santo of Rutland, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

2023.14

Source or Donor

Fels, Tom

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Santo, Pasquale "Patsy" (1893-1975)

Place

City

Rutland

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Italian American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Brush, Shoe

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Brush, Garment

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Clothing Care Objects

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Wood, Horsehair, Paint

Relationships

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