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Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

1880-1940

Bunch of knotted fibre used for ritual washing of the dead

1901-1929

Double ended 'push art' brush with case

1801-1900

Brush on wood pole handle

Brush used during liquid-based cytology screening to take cervical a sample, Hologic, 1990-2017

1990-2017

Brush used during liquid-based cytology screening to take cervical a sample, Hologic, 1990-2017

1990-2017

Domestic hand brush of hazel twigs with pine handle and steel wire binding

1801-1900

Washing up brush from Stephen Hawking's Office

Dustpan brush from Stephen Hawking's Office

Bundle of grasses used as brush for sweeping up a baby's stools (olukatero lokukombo okana)

1860-1910

3 brushes from pieces of palm stem

1880-1920

Double ended cosmetic brush in ovoid metal case

1801-1900

Small brush for writing or kohl

1850-1900

Small brush for applying cosmetics

1801-1900

Baize brush with crumb collector

circa 1925-circa 1950

Hairdresser's powder brush. Wood handle

circa 1940

10 examples of modern brushes

Cane tube with animal hair brush at end, curiously placed in collection of pipe bowls and stems, part of Archdeacon Grey's collection, English, 1831-1900

Cane tube with animal hair brush at end

1831-1900
Two flue brushes, for cleaning emergency feeding equipment, 1945-1955

Two flue brushes

1945-1955
'Kent's New Dry Plate Duster For 1/2 Plates'. Flat wooden handle, 12.3 x 9cm with inset felt strip covered with red plush. Perhaps for cleaning negative plates. G.B. Kent, c.1895

Kent's New Dry Plate Duster

1890-1900
Made in Germany. 'Lipstick holder' type lens brush.

Evers Lens Dusting Brush

Clothes brush, London & South Western Railway, wooden head and handle, Black & white bristles showing letters L&SW, Dimensions: 14"x2?"x2?"

Clothes brush, London & South Western Railway

Clothes Brush, LNER, Oval wooden back with black bristles, LNER picked out in white bristles. Small piece broken off at end, Dimensions: 7?"x2?"

Clothes Brush

Paintbrush with wooden handle, roll of celluloid secures bristles to handle, from wooden medicine chest

Paintbrush with wooden handle

1870-1900
Two drachm weight

Two drachm weight

Equal-arm hand balance

Equal-arm hand balance

Kent plate dusting brush with wooden handle with 9cm wide felt strip covered with red plush. Kent and Sons.

Kent plate dusting brush

Cylindrical brush, 2cm maximum, cut on the slope for use in bromoil process. Made by Sinclair. C.1924

Brush for Bromoil Process

1919-1929
Wooden handle, spherical head, badger (?) hair.

Negative Dusting Brush

Coat and hat brush, London & North Western Railway. Wooden, large head on one side, small head on reverse. Belonged to B.S. Mole, Station Master, Queen's Park, c.1920. Overall: 350 mm x 90 mm x 75 mm.

Coat and Hat Brush, London & North Western Railway

1915-1925
Hand brush, London and North Eastern Railway, Wooden with LNER burnt in back. Dimensions 18"x4".

Hand brush, London and North Eastern Railway

Clothes Brush, LBSCR, Wooden back white bristles with LBSCR set in black bristles, Dimensions: 8?"x1?"

Clothes Brush