C. 1860s Geo. Scardefield Advertising Promotional Gold Leaf (Squirrel Hair) Brush mushroom sculpture but it is the simplicity

but it is the simplicity of the back side

but I really like the relative crudeness of this one

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These continued to be produced for some years I believe

I think it might be it

C. 1860s Geo. Scardefield Advertising Promotional Gold Leaf (Squirrel Hair) Brush mushroom sculpture but it is the simplicityI'm pretty certain the bristles here are squirrel hair, which continue to be used for applying gold leaf today. Established in 1833, George Scarderfield's at 335 W. 16th in Manhattan was "a dealer in all gilder's materials" which one would think would have made them quite successful as the century went on, as people really loved gold leafing things, but I can find no record of the business (Admittedly I have not dug very deeply.) In any event, quite a