Superb collection of 5/Five vintage French artist brushes - wooden handles, 3 with copper ferules, wax string bindings and all natural bristle including a huge hog's hair brush.

These make awesome display items and perfect to complete your artisan industrial style - each and everyone has a superb used patina- and each have genuine age and character. All 5 are perfectly useable (although loss of bristle at outer edges present through use).

These are incredibly difficult to source and we rarely see them available to purchase.

Circa 1930-40's - 2 have holes at base of handles to string through.

Length varies between 16"/41cms to 12"/31cms

NB. Please note enamel pots not included- available separately

The structure of the paintbrush 

1.Materials used must be selected with great care. Three parts :

The filling : the most important, because it is in contact with the support. Fine hairs, bristles and conical or cylindrical fibres - natural hair types used for brush-making come from squirrels (squirrel hair), badgers, horses, oxen, goats and other animals.

The ferrule : Copper in fine vintage or antique, plastic or natural quill, ties made out of metal wire or natural waxed string. Conical or cylindrical.

The handle : Soft wood.
More than thirty people are involved in the manufacture of a fine artist brush... Its tuft is never cut but instead shaped entirely by hand with regard to the flag (tip of fibre). Only the root is cut to allow the ferrule to be fitted.