Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint mid-century graphic design but it doesn't seem to

but it doesn't seem to be actively chipping and is structurally in great shape

I'd love it filled with a a couple of tall flowering branches or a few huge Asiatic lilies

I like that he's got nothing more than a tiny blue dot for an eye and red one for the nose

His original Made in Occupied Japan sticker is still stuck to his underside

Antique Brush with Turned Handle and Old Gold Paint mid-century graphic design but it doesn't seem toI love an old brush, and the old gold paint on the ferrule of this one just struck me as especially lovely. The black painted turned wooden handle is pretty nice too, with a hole near the end to thread a ribbon through should one wish to hang it. There is a little bristle loss on one side (horsehair I believe) but the rest of the bristles are tightly held and tapered to give it a beautiful shape. 9 3 4" l x 1 3 4" in diameter at ferrule. Late 19th