Gorgeous Antique Flat Paintbrush with Long Horsehair Bristles lost wax cast he moved to Wisconsin to

he moved to Wisconsin to establish his studio in Johnson Creek and opened his gallery in the fall of 2002

The plate measures 8 3/16" across x 7/8" tall

So this is batch #4

that means the colors are super vivid (the photos are pretty accurate color-wise

probably late-ish 19th century

Gorgeous Antique Flat Paintbrush with Long Horsehair Bristles lost wax cast he moved to Wisconsin 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