old looking horse hair brush

hi folks

can anyone help with this old looking brush

was wondering approx age and what it was made for

measures 14"

any thoughts appreciated

 

looks like a gentlemans clothing brush......but with all that patina.....maybe just a hair brush....from someone who had oily hair..!!!

 

ah, that makes canny sense, cheers

hopefully the first thought !!

 

likely , the latter......

 

ooh, i need to shower now

 

Hi,
I had a very old shoe brush that looked like that but it had a smell of shoe wax. It looks like a guys clothing brush.
greg

 

Horse hair or boar's bristle?

 

hi bronwen not sure to be honest

all i know is that i plucked and burned and it smelt like the day i set my beard alight with a cigerette lighter !!

 

Since bristle is also hair, think it would smell just as bad, but would be stiffer & is what was used for hair brushes until nylon bristles came along. High end hair brushes still are natural bristle & I imagine clothes brushes were too. Agree with others that overall size & shortness of bristles look more suitable for clothes than hair. Something your valet could use to get you ready to leave the house.

 

thanks for the info, what sort of age do you think it has ?

 

Can't vouch for accuracy/honesty, but this may help with age:
https://www.belowstairs.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Luggage_25.html

But this may give better idea of value:
https://picclick.co.uk/Vintage-Antique-Wooden-Clothes-Brush-315-183110719246.html

 

lol

love the difference between asking prices and reality !!

 

Condition also comes into it, of course. Yours must have belonged to someone very well groomed. Or to the attendant in the gents room of some swanky restaurant.