Lovely Antique Bone Handled Brush two-toned acid free mat

acid free mat

I believe they were once part of a whole folk art Noah's ark set

These guys have definitely been knocked around

but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another

which is a bit worn on the flap side but still holding together well

Lovely Antique Bone Handled Brush two-toned acid free matA little too large to be a toothbrush (!), I actually think this lovely bone brush might have been made more than a hundred years ago I believe for cleaning typewriters, as I found one, and only one, with the same form and black bristles marked as such on its handle. This one is marked "Extra Fine Pure Bristles Sterilized" but with nothing else, so I am not entirely sure, and it is also conceivable that it is a hat brush, made for brushing the rim of