Clothes brush
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co.
Category
Historic Services / Cleaning & housekeeping
Date
circa 1909
Materials
Brass, bristle, wood and steel.
Measurements
210 x 57 x 63 mm
Place of origin
Milwaukee
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Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421012
Summary
Clothes brush. A clothes brush of black bristle with two cream patches, with a steel spirit can on the back with a brass lid and screw top, of wood where the bristle meets the back. The spirit can is imprinted with EVER READY CLOTHES CLEANER No7, MADE BY MILWAUKEE DUSTLESS BRUSH Co, MILWAUKEE. WIS. U.S.A., PATENTED MAY 29, 1900, MAY 29, 1906, AUG 3, 1909.
Provenance
Brought in by Peter Brears
Marks and inscriptions
On spirit can: EVER READY CLOTHES CLEANER No7, MADE BY MILWAUKEE DUSTLESS BRUSH Co, MILWAUKEE. WIS. U.S.A., PATENTED MAY 29, 1900, MAY 29, 1906, AUG 3, 1909
Makers and roles
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co., maker