Who Manufactured this English Shaving Brush?

No prize yet? I am leaning towards Culmac as the nearest similar looking brush I have observed with a similar shape. If not Culmac then Rooney seems to be a more likely candidate to me because of the printing on the brush and the Ivory imitation. The brush has turned Browninsh with age but not yellow. Makes me wonder what the handle material might be? BUT, what should IMHO, to someone, an "expert" perhaps, decide the manufacturer? I should think it would be the number 884. I haven't a clue really. I got the brush as an addition to what I bid and own on the big Auction site. And, this 884 brush blew that one away. I Used the brush for what I think is the first use and it is simply a fantastic small high quality brush. No shedding at all which surprised me. Very little effort to lather profusely. Much better than a Wee Scot, but the badger knot is simply a nigger knot and a much better grade than is in my Wee Scot best badger brush. 3 lather applications is easy with this one. I would definitely like a Simpson Keyhole or Persian Jar of this quality. And That I have not come across yet. At least not one I can afford!
 
It could be anything, there is no way of telling... The big brush makers used to do lots of work for others so it could be a Simpsons or Rooney made for a department store or pharmacy whose sticker has long ago peeled off.

One thing I do like to see is "sterlised" spelt correctly, something most British brush makers got wrong and to their shame continue to do so...
 
I agree the handle is celluloid otherwise known as French Ivory and is probably an unbranded brush made for another retailer. My guess would be that it isn't a Simpson for a couple of reasons... the lamp blacking is tidy and I don't believe Simpson have ever used such a numbering system but Vulfix have and do.

I thought sterilised can be spelt either way in which case I prefer the English or British version.
 
I agree the handle is celluloid otherwise known as French Ivory and is probably an unbranded brush made for another retailer. My guess would be that it isn't a Simpson for a couple of reasons... the lamp blacking is tidy and I don't believe Simpson have ever used such a numbering system but Vulfix have and do.

I thought sterilised can be spelt either way in which case I prefer the English or British version.
You mentioning the Vulfix it does remind me of the Vulfix 849
 
I thought sterilised can be spelt either way in which case I prefer the English or British version.

Yes quite... Was just me being me, if it's not British English then it's incorrect :p

The only reason I can come up with for most British brush manufacturers to use the US spelling is perhaps their largest market was/is US export.
 
You mentioning the Vulfix it does remind me of the Vulfix 849

Could well be related, also that is labelled Best hair and actually looks like two-band although it isn't. To discount another manufacturer I have mostly seen Culmaks in Pure badger so that is quite a high quality brush whoever made it.
 
It's a nice looking brush. I have a Culmak brush with a handle which looks identical in shape to the one pictured, but its colour is the classic butterscotch shade of old Catalin, not this sort of woody brown. I've also bid on (and lost) a brush made by Rooney for Boots which had the same shape of handle, but I can't recall what shade that was, and seen Simpsons in the same style.
 
Interesting in the difficulty in identification? I received this brush in an Auction where I one the bid on a Shavemac brush and the additional brush of a vintage "London" brush. When I received the package I couldn't get over the quality and shape of this vintage "English" brush. The badger hair is very dense and the brush looked new and unused when I received it. It is definitely a good looker and since I have used it once I can say it works very well indeed. The nearest shape and size brush I have seen is a Culmac. I've never seen this handle color before? The woody brown color is uniform and the ivory look is very nicely done. Why the brown color I can only wonder? Thanks for the opinions.
 
I don't think it would've left the factory that colour, image search "vintage french ivory" and you'll get all sorts of shades probably due to UV degradation, just like Catalin.
 
Sounds reasonable. Makes me think the handle is not standard Caitlin as most Caitlin handles I have seen have turned a nice butterscotch color. Though the woody brown is uniform and still nice looking. I have polished a few Caitlin butterscotch brush handles with a drill press and buffing wheel and they do lighten up to white if you buff enough though I have never gone completely that far with the buffing. I will check out the "vintage French Ivory for the fun of it!
 
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