Vintage Japanese Hake Flat Wood and Goat Hair Paint Brush elegant plate and would guess it dates

and would guess it dates to the 1930s or 40s

this 1938 first edition of “Developing Sales Technique and Personality” by Dave Colcord does a pretty good job of selling itself

or—as he himself has travelled at least one ocean and more than a century—perhaps to be tucked into a suitcase as a good luck talisman

25 tall and just short of 3

Vintage Japanese Hake Flat Wood and Goat Hair Paint Brush elegant plate and would guess it datesI picked up this Japanese brush from the studio of an artist's estate sale just because I thought it was pretty. It is a Hake brush, used for blending watercolors and applying gesso, paste, or varnish. The brush features what I believe are goat hair bristles stitched to the wooden handle, which has a hole near the end for hanging. 12" long x 3" wide x 1 4" deep. In good vintage condition, with light wear and some spotting to the wood on one side.