Clothes brushes have been used since the 1700s for keeping clothing clean and presentable. This clothes brush is one of quality, being made from natural bristle and ebony.This clothes brush is representative of the equipment used to groom and clean garments in the 19th century and even into today.Clothes brush, ladies' item, rectangular with rounded corners. Blonde hair bristles and black ebony handle."REAL EBONY"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, clothes brush, personal effects, grooming, toiletries, personal item, clothes care

Clothes brushes were a common household item, used particularly for removing lint and fluff woven fabrics. This clothes brush is an example of personal items used for grooming and care of clothes in the earlier part of the 20th century. Items of similar design are still used in modern times.Clothes brush, handle and back are one piece, made of dark brown-coloured ebony. the brush has with yellow bristles. Inscription on handle. Rounded tip of brush has indented white circles. Inscription on brush handle.Embossed "REAL EBONY"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, brush, clothes brush, grooming, personal item, ebony, real ebony

Papier Mache crumb tray with wooden brush, pale green with blue and gold decorations of a stork/crane, frogs and plants. Curved brush with hair bristles.domestic equipment, cleaning, brush

Stitched heavy leather case with two hair brushes (oval shaped). Case has leather strap and leather-covered metal buckle. Brushes are ebony wood with natural bristles (animal - pig??)personal effects, travel goods, brushes

Dr Mitchell Henry O'Sullivan worked in the Victorian country town of Casterton as a general practitioner from 1919 until his death in 1977. He also practiced obstetrics. His son, Dr David More O'Sullivan donated his obstetric bag and its contents to the College in 1999. The bag and contents are a unique time capsule of the type of instruments and pharmaceuticals used in the inter-war period.Wooden handled brush with pig hair bristles. With oval shaped metal case consisting of lid and base.disinfection

Bone handled clothes brush with horse hair bristles.domestic equipment, cleaning, brush

This item is from the pre-plastic days and would have contained a brush made from natural bristles.White enamelled metal cylindrical toilet brush holder. An upright projection has a hole for optional hanging of the object.CLOSET BORSTEL (Toilet Brush) in black paint.

Brush is part of the collection of Lorna BroadYellow horse hair bristles attached to china ornament in the shape of a dog's head. Brush has been glued to head and bound with pink ribbon and gold metallic thread which was part of the ornament on the back.Made in Japan.domestic items, cleaning

Given as a gift to Geoffrey Warren as a baby in 1952.Small babies brush, pale blue plastic base and handle, cream nylon bristle.domestic items, infants

Wooden crumb tray & brush. Both hand painted. Tray has a girl in a crinoline frock painted on it with mountains in the background and poker work around the edges with 'Crumb Tray' painted on it. Wooden brush is shaped and has straw bristles. Toy.Crumb Traydomestic items, trays

Small brush. Wooden handle with metal collar. Bristles made of birch?

Vinyl imitation-crocodile skin light brown rectangular box, lined with cream satin. Brass clasp on front. Inside, one casine comb, half fine-tooth, half large-tooth. One hairbrush with casine handle and plastic bristles.No visible markingstoilet requisites, hairdressing, hair, brush, comb, casine, set

Elongated oval-shaped wooden brush with arched handle and brown bristles made of natural fibres. Body painted blue.No visible markingsdomestic items, cleaning, brush, bristle

Wooden handled brush, hand crafted from sundry miscellaneous wooden parts.No visible markingsdomestic items, cleaning, brush, bristle, craft

An unknown QIIB worker using a brush making machine.1 x B/W photograph of man using machine that puts bristles into broom headsqueensland industrial institute for the blind, employment

An oval shaped wooden horse brush with short black bristles and a leather strap to hold the hand in place. It was used to groom the horse's body.horses, horse grooming, brushes

REPLICASold by Holden and FrostOval shaped wooden body with leather handle with hard brown coloured bristlesequine, brush, civilian c1900

REPLICASold by Holden and FrostOval shaped wooden body with leather handles and hard bristlesequine, brush, civilian c1900

REPLICAReplica of grooming brush imported and sold by Holden and FrostOval shaped wooden body with leather handles with black and white bristlesequine, brush

Used for grooming horses C1900Imported and sold by Holden and Frost Brown wooden handle with bristlesequine, brush

Used in the grooming of horses C1900Imported and retailed by Holden and Frost C1900Oval shaped leather back with bristlesbrush, equine, c1900

REPLICAReplica of a brush imported and retailed by Holden and FrostOval shape wooden body with leather handle and black and white bristlesequine, agiculture, brush

used for the dressing of animalswooden bodied with leather grips both sides, hard bristles. equine, brush, wood backed

This item is part of a collection of items owned by Arthur Lock, a member of the 2/23rd Battalion, an all-volunteer Second Australian Imperial Force which served as part of the garrison during the Siege of Tobruk, then at El Alamein, New Guinea and Borneo. It has particular local significance as the battalion was know as "Albury's Own" because a large majority of the battalion's initial intake of volunteers came from the Albury–Wodonga region.This shaving brush was part of standard supplies and personal items issued to members of the Australian Defence Forces during World War 2.Standard Defence issue shaving brush issued to Australian personnel during the World War 2 era. It has a pine timber handle with black bristles and string reinforcement bindin at the top of the handle. On base of brush "H. OLDFIELD/& SON/ SYDNEY/1941world war 11, rats of tobruk, soldiers kit

The vanity set was owned by a local woman who lived in the Harbour Master's house at Warrnambool after it was decommissioned. The set was possibly a wedding gift from her mother-in-law, Caroline Edwards, a local business woman who was an importer of 'china and fancy goods' along with her husband Thomas Myers Edwards. The Edwards owned Staffordshire House, a business in Timor St (and later Liebig St) from 1876. The vanity set is an example of a valued possession of women at the time and could signify social standing. It was also a functional accessory used on a daily basis.The item is significant socially as an example of accessories available to and used by women in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Historically, it is linked to a local import business ‘Staffordshire House’ in Timor and later Liebig St Warrnambool, where it most likely came from. A pewter (or possibly silver-plated) three-piece vanity set that includes a hand mirror, hair brush and comb. All pieces feature a beautiful ornate moulded rose/flower design on the back, handles and edge of the comb. The hair brush no longer has bristles and is purely ornamental. The comb teeth and hair brush insert are most likely made of celluloid.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, maritime village, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, great ocean road, vanity set, hand mirror, brush, comb, pewter, celluloid, silver plate, toilet set, harbours master's house, staffordshire house, hair brush, hairbrush

A collection of clothe brushes that have no identifying marks. A shaving brush that has a screw cap on its base. molded into the base is- PAT NOS 396846 & 524281 STERILIZED Culmark(in cursive script) PURE BRISTLE MADE IN ENGLAND clothe brush, shaving brush