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What is a brush washer?
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A brush washer is something that is used by artists and painters to clean their brushes. Cleaning brushes increases longevity and reduces their constant replacement. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage brush washers.
1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
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Brush Washer-Rose Quartz on a Custom Hand Carved Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese brush washer in the form of a peach, which represents wisdom.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Rose Quartz
Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Spotted Deer Brush Washer, Mid-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A charming and elegant Chinese brush washer in the form of a recumbent spotted deer, Qing dynasty, circa 1850.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Spinach Jade Brush Washer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Spinach Jade Brush Washer
Depicting an asymmetrical rectangular rock pond, with blossoming lingzhi branches.
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
Small Chinese Landscaping Round Brush Washer
Located in Norton, MA
A truly fine hand-painted porcelain round brush washer, painted in a village scene with house nestles on a grassy patch surrounded by trees, boulders, mountains, and a river.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
China, Carved Agate Brush Rinser / washer, 19th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
China, single piece carved Agate Brush washer / Rinser, 19th Century
7.5 x 9.3 cm, height 4.5 cm
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate
Chinese Longquan Celadon Brush Washer, Song Dynasty (1127-1279)
Located in Bilzen, BE
Chinese Longquan celadon brush washer, Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), covered with a sea green glaze, the sides slightly everted at the rim, rising on a tapered foot.
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
