Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L Cinnabar Perhaps for holding ink

Perhaps for holding ink

The opening measures 3/4 inches across

this is truly an exquisitely woven piece

lower the hydrometer into it until it floats

it was purchased from an estate in Littleton

Primitive Handmade Whisk-type Brush with Wire Wrapped Wood Handle - Reserved for J.L Cinnabar Perhaps for holding inkThis may be my favorite brush yet! I think the construction is amazing, with what I believe are horsehair bristles running both horizontally, along the handle and, and vertically, tethered by wire, and then bound again by stitched string. The lines, patterns, textures make this feel as much like sculpture as a functional object, and a really satisfying and substantial one. Just gorgeous. I believe there was once a metal end cap attached to the end of