Sweet Old Primitive Straw Brush / Miniature Broom with Iron Wire and Nail hand-painted wooden snake fashionistas

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like petrified driftwood

and most definitely if I found toothpaste being sold in a great looking ceramic jar I would most certainly scoop it right up--as someone else did with this at more than 100 years ago

also visible at the center of the underside of the lid and on the bottom of the basket

At the tip are two interlocking pieces which move to and fro

Sweet Old Primitive Straw Brush / Miniature Broom with Iron Wire and Nail hand-painted wooden snake fashionistasThis 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