Sweet Old Primitive Straw Brush / Miniature Broom with Iron Wire and Nail bowling pin which certainly was once affixed

which certainly was once affixed to a cart or wagon

with laced up bodice and apron over her skirt

" A bit of research informs me that Squire was the founder of the  Pilgrim Church in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood

including for the the subject matter of some of the examples used to make its points

with a little age toning around the edges of the paper

Sweet Old Primitive Straw Brush / Miniature Broom with Iron Wire and Nail bowling pin which certainly was once affixedThis reads to me rather like a salesman sample for a full scale handmade straw broom, but I assume it was made as a small utilitarian scrub brush. The brush is fine straw, wrapped in iron wire, with an old iron nail on either side. The handle is wood, which feels hand carved, with a rounded end and a great dry patina. A satisfying and to my eye quite beautiful small thing. 8 1 8 t x 2 5 16 diameter at widest bristles. Good and sturdy condition, with a