Description
Overview
A coordinated pair of vintage dressing-table brushes, distinguished by softly coloured mint-green backs decorated with fine, flowing wave-line patterns. Silver-tone metal edging provides a restrained contrast to the green surfaces and warm, natural-coloured bristles. The set comprises one long-handled grooming brush and one slim companion brush.
The decorative treatment recalls the guilloché and enamelled vanity accessories associated with twentieth-century design. The exact period, maker and country of manufacture have not been established; no attribution to a particular workshop or decade is claimed.
Key Details
- Type: Matching two-piece vintage dressing-table brush set
- Period: 20th century; precise decade unverified
- Pieces: Long-handled brush and slim companion brush
- Decoration: Mint-green backs with fine, radiating wave-line / guilloché-style pattern
- Metal: Silver-tone metal; not sold as solid or sterling silver
- Silver plating: Possible, but not verified
- Maker and origin: Unidentified
- Set contents: Two brushes only; no original box or documentation established
Hallmarks & Construction
The brushes incorporate silver-coloured metal mounts with green patterned decorative backs. The underlying metal and exact composition of the decorative coating have not been independently tested. No verified sterling-silver hallmark or assay certificate supports a precious-metal attribution.
Important material disclosure: this set is not represented as solid silver, sterling silver or hallmarked silver. A plated finish is possible, but cannot be confirmed from the available evidence.
Design & Finish
The green panels display closely spaced, curved lines spreading across each back, creating an attractive optical effect under changing light. Narrow reflective edges frame the two pieces, while the pale golden-beige bristles retain the traditional appearance of a dressing-table brush set.
The matched pattern and complementary silhouettes give the pair a coherent presence when displayed together. The design is Art Deco-influenced in appearance, without a confirmed Art Deco-period attribution.
Technical Details
- Number of pieces: 2
- Configuration: One handled brush and one narrow brush
- Primary colours: Mint green, silver tone and warm beige
- Bristle composition: Not tested or verified
- Decorative coating: Enamel-like appearance; exact material unverified
- Measurements and weight: Pending confirmation
- Reference: Sahel Project / Silver & Decorating / 001
Collector Notes
Vanity and dressing-table accessories of the twentieth century were often designed as coordinated objects, combining practical shapes with decorative surface treatments. This pair is appealing for its consistent mint-green pattern and two contrasting brush forms.
Examples of green guilloché-decorated dressing-table sets are documented across different decades of the twentieth century. Without maker's marks or reliable provenance for this particular set, a more precise manufacture date would be speculative.
Condition
Vintage, previously owned condition. The photographs show the surface finish and the existing brush bristles. Normal signs of age or handling should be expected. The metal edges have subsequently been cleaned; updated detail photographs will be added before this listing is made available for purchase. No claim of unused condition is made.
Guarantee & Shipping
421Luxury carefully describes vintage pieces according to the evidence available and does not represent unverified materials or provenance as established facts. This non-mechanical dressing-table set is not covered by the lighter-specific working guarantee.
Securely packed and dispatched from Turin, Italy. Signature-required delivery is used for shipped orders. Please review the item photographs and description; enquiries about materials, condition and additional details are welcome before purchase.
