Clothes brush

Clothes brush from the collection of the museum, made of silver and badger hair; made in Vienna, end of the 19th/ beginning of the 20th centuries. The brush frame is rectangular, profiled, decorated at the edge with a pearl ornament, transforming into a grip, extending on both ends, narrower at the centre. The frame includes the brush proper, of badger hair, on a wooden base. The hair is fixed to a wooden base using a brass wire. Gilder marks are placed on the frame. Such accessories, like powder containers, flasks for perfume and grooming waters, cream boxes, nail files, scissors, brushes, constituted the necessary equipment of the dressing table of the lady of the house. They were frequently made of crystal glass, silver and gilded silver, as well as richly decorated; they were frequently manufactured by famous gilders and appreciated artists. Possession of these indicated the status of the lady of the house.