19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit arts and grafts pottery and would still certainly do

and would still certainly do the job of sweeping off the table or countertop--though I'd be much more inclined to hang it on the wall

bristles measure 4 1/8" long

This is an old wood--I think perhaps beech--and forged iron spokeshave

I have seen another with a green board and red pegs

19th Century Public School Certificates of Merit arts and grafts pottery and would still certainly doI think these are just wonderful, and who doesn't know someone who could use a little recognition of their merits?! These were awarded to a young "Master Charley Geoppinger" in the late 1870s or so by a couple of different teachers two of them for a hundred merits, one for twenty, one for 15 and two for three. I believe these would have been saved to either cash in for some prize, reward, or further honor, but I am not certain precisely what. I really