Pretty Victorian Clothes Brush with Blue Velvet Wrap hand-carved wooden animal vessel the pattern here looks to

the pattern here looks to me like it might have been made with the end of an old skeleton key but I'm not sure

By 1902 Mann was running a small jewelry studio he called the Sherman Shop in Grand Rapids

some of them made in two parts to serve as incense burners

and has exhibited and taught widely

See photos -- there are a couple of whitish/grayish areas to the glaze on the interior of the bowl as well as what seems to be a very tiny shard of stoneware stuck to the  surface

Pretty Victorian Clothes Brush with Blue Velvet Wrap hand-carved wooden animal vessel the pattern here looks toAmong so many other things I find it hard to resist a pretty brush, and this one is very much that, and in near perfect condition. Victorian I believe, with the handle thickly painted black, sapphire blue velvet just above the ferrule, and soft, pale blonde horsehair bristles with crimson stitching across them. The shape of the handle would make it easy to tie a ribbon around the end and hang it from the wall. 7" long x 3" wide. The handle alone is 4