Shaving brush
A whalebone-handled brush, possibly a shaving brush. The handle has a removable key in the end. An example of the utilitarian items made from whalebone such as clothes pegs and pie crimpers. It may have been made commercially rather than by whalemen. This type of item is stll regarded as scrimshaw. It is likely to be associated with the London whale fleet.
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Object Details
ID: | AAA0039 |
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Collection: | Decorative art |
Type: | Shaving brush |
Display location: | Not on display |
Date made: | 19th century |
Exhibition: | The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire; Trade and Commerce |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall: 89 x 20 mm |
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