Set of Three Old Brushes oak wood planter for a cactus or

planter for a cactus or succulent

This spectacular Japanese hand-painted ceramic hanging planter

the silver-plate polished right up

On the side of the chop is incised text

Set of Three Old Brushes oak wood planter for a cactus orA set of three wonderful old brushes! The long, snake like one is a very old drafting brush, used for sweeping eraser crumbs off of blueprints; it and the rectangular one (a shoeshine brush, I believe) I would guess were made in the late 19th early 20th c, with natural bristles attached via fine hand stitched wire (I think horse hair on the drafting brush, perhaps boars hair on the other.) The third, also horsehair I think and probably 1940s or so, is