Lovely Antique Bone Handled Brush two-toned and there is one scratch

and there is one scratch on the lid near the edge

There is residue from an old piece of tape on one side and some darkening to the copper

but often one sees porcelain manufactured in one country and decorated in another

with the paint here reading almost pale peach

acid free mat

Lovely Antique Bone Handled Brush two-toned and there is one scratchA little too large to be a toothbrush (!), I actually think this lovely bone brush might have been made more than a hundred years ago I believe for cleaning typewriters, as I found one, and only one, with the same form and black bristles marked as such on its handle. This one is marked "Extra Fine Pure Bristles Sterilized" but with nothing else, so I am not entirely sure, and it is also conceivable that it is a hat brush, made for brushing the rim of