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Clothes Brush

Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by Beatrice Fox American, 1887 - 1968
ManufacturerManufactured by Reeves & Browne American, 1904 - 1915
Datebefore 1904-before 1915
Medium14K gold, boar's bristles, painted wood
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width x depth): 7 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 3/8in. (18.7 x 5.7 x 3.5cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schiro and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Koopman
DescriptionClothes brush that is part of an American 14K gold mounted bureau set by Reeves & Browne in a finely chased Hepplewhite pattern. The clothes brush has boar's bristles set into a solid wood frame with white paint.
Object number1980.73.3.1
MarkingsMarked in metal: "14K R [in octagon] B [in octagon with sword through the B] Co. 9402 43"
Collections
  • G. Fox & Co.
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Hairbrush
Beatrice Fox
before 1904-before 1915
Brush and Original Box
The Fuller Brush Company
Copyright 1927
Brushes 2006.92.1 through .5.
The Fuller Brush Company
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.133.439, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Horace Bushnell Cheney Sr.
about 1914
Gift of Mrs. Byard Williams, 1988.85.46 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Mary Caroline Ogden Pierson
1880-1915
Soup Tureen
Unknown
1800-1880
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1947.19.0  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The …
James Rabbeth Jr.
about 1855