Cool and Scarce Antique Grain Painting Brush (#3) inuit wood carving and while the inked text

and while the inked text at their centers has faded some it is still readable with a bit of effort--all were awarded to a Master Andrew W

a flying creature

productive life

And just think of the process of striking and blowing out each and every one of those matches

this watercolor is unsigned

Cool and Scarce Antique Grain Painting Brush (#3) inuit wood carving and while the inked textI'd never seen one of these before but do always have an eye out for a beautiful and unusual brush and what a great looking thing this one. It is a grain painting brush, also called a "pencil overgrainer" as one might imagine, this would allow the furniture painter to create five parallel lines in a single stroke, simulating the look of wood grain lines. And a little research shows that these were made in different sizes this one marked 3. Wood