Stunning, Unusual 19th C Shaker Woven Horsehair and Homespun Fabric Brush wooden figuring and the piece makes a

and the piece makes a nice sculptural canister for all sorts of things--I might fill it with sugar or tea bags to put on the table at coffee or tea time

into which painted glass "eyes" (pieces of glass painted black and white) were inserted (one is in place

and two buffalo

Text on each dish identifies the characters and their professions: Guignol himself

Stunning, Unusual 19th C Shaker Woven Horsehair and Homespun Fabric Brush wooden figuring and the piece makes aMy heart skipped a beat when I found this brush, which is about as perfect a thing as I can imagine. I am pretty certain 19th century Shaker, and I think New England or New York state based on a few other Shaker brushes I have researched, though I have not seen another with only homespun fabric, rather than wood, for the handle like this which, combined with these gloriously long black horsehair bristles, makes for just an incredibly beautiful form to