Gorgeous Antique Flat Paintbrush with Long Horsehair Bristles crossed axes which I assume dates to

which I assume dates to the 1940s

A sweet little thing for the desk or shelf

hanging upside down

I've found a very close match of this lovely small lacquer string holder that describes it (with some authority) as English Victorian-era Chinoiserie

Gorgeous Antique Flat Paintbrush with Long Horsehair Bristles crossed axes which I assume dates toI've had many a beautiful old brush in the shop, but this is the first flat paintbrush among them, and it is the most beautiful of it's ilk I've ever seen! With a great patina to the wood and metal wrap around ferrule, and the natural bristles (definitely animal hair, but I am not 100% if horsehair or other) darkening beautifully toward the ends, my inclination of course would be to immediately hang it on the wall as a perfect and unusual addition to