Title: Shaving brush with handle and cover (part of a set)
Object type: Shaving brush with cover
Date: 1848–49
Artist:  Johann Bernhard Hertz (Hentz) 
Artist bio: master 1834–1855
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver, bristles
Dimensions: a-c) Total height 6 in. (15.2 cm);
a) H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); Diam. 1 in. (2.5 cm);
b) H. (w/ cover) 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm);
c) H. 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Diam. 1 1/4in. (3.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit line: Gift of Ralph McAllister Ingersoll, 1968
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY