Antique Art Nouveau Silver-Plated Vanity Hair Brush with Open Flower Center and Rope Border

Graceful, organic, and quintessentially Art Nouveau — this antique silver-plated vanity hair brush is a beautifully distinctive piece with a design unlike any of the other brushes in our collection. The large oval back features a plain polished silver field framed by a twisted rope border, with a stunning open-work flower at the base of the handle junction — its petals fully three-dimensional and casting lovely shadows across the brushback.

The long elegant handle is decorated with sinuous intertwined stems and leaves in the flowing organic style that defines the best Art Nouveau metalwork, terminating in a graceful scroll tip with a dark tortoiseshell-tone inset. The reverse reveals the original natural boar bristles set within the silver frame — still intact and in good antique condition.

• Antique silver-plated vanity hair brush
• Art Nouveau era, circa late 19th – early 20th century
• Plain polished oval back with twisted rope border
• Open-work three-dimensional flower at handle junction
• Sinuous intertwined stem and leaf handle decoration
• 8" long
• Original natural boar bristles intact
• Warm silver patina with age-appropriate darkening
• Antique condition — excellent with age-appropriate patina and wear

The fourth and most gracefully minimal of the antique silver vanity brushes available in our shop — the open-work flower detail is particularly special. Would make a stunning display alongside the other brushes and the antique pressed glass perfume bottle also available. One of a kind.