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Brush for cleaning textile mill machinery

Textile Industry

1880-1940

Bunch of knotted fibre used for ritual washing of the dead

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1929

Double ended cosmetic brush

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Small brush for writing or kohl

Asian Medicine

1850-1900

Small brush for applying cosmetics

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Double ended 'push art' brush with case

Asian Medicine

1801-1900

Domestic hand brush of hazel twigs

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Infant's feeding bottle brush

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1930-1960

Brush on wood pole handle

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

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

Two flue brushes, for cleaning emergency feeding e

Nutrition & Food Technology

1945-1955

Hairdresser's powder brush. Wood handle, hair brush

Hairdresser's powder brush. Wood handle, hair brus

Domestic Appliances

c. 1940

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

Hand brush, London and North Eastern Railway

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

Toilet brush. Part of to the Tippler toilet Y1987.162.

Toilet brush

Water Supply & Sanitation

1890

'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

Photographic Technology

1890-1900

Bottle cleaning brush for glass infant's feeding bottle in original carton, made by S. Maw, Son and Sons, London, 1901-1920

Cleaning brush

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

Small brush, elaborate velvet covered handle

Brush, from Genoese medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

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

Brush for bromoil process

Photographic Technology

1919-1929

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

Fixtures & Fittings from Railway Buildings

1915-1925

Brush with a wooden handle.

Brush

Textile Industry

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

Paintbrush with wooden handle

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1900

3 brushes from pieces of palm stem, frayed at one end, part of set of "native tools", African, 1880-1920

3 brushes from pieces of palm stem

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Brush, unknown maker, part of 'Clinitest' urine testing kit by Ames, Nuffield House, Piccadilly, London, W1, England, 1957-1963.

Brush, part of 'Clinitest' urine testing kit

Laboratory Medicine

1957-1963

Wooden handle, spherical head, badger (?) hair.

Negative Dusting Brush

Photographic Technology

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

Kent plate dusting brush

Photographic Technology

Baize brush with crumb collector. Made in England by Y.S.Co. Ltd. c1925-c1950

Baize brush with crumb collector. Made in England

Domestic Appliances

c. 1925-c. 1950

Made in Germany. 'Lipstick holder' type lens brush.

Evers Lens Dusting Brush

Cinematography

Laryngeal brush, ebonite and metal, by Down Bros. of London, early 20th century

Laryngeal brush

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930