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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RealFamilyMan, post: 242460, member: 4789&quot;]Thank you, Bakersgma...</p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t sure if that sideways 8 meant infinity, or was just turned sideways to fit. ;-)&nbsp; That, plus me not being able to work out the left-most symbol on the brush... No wonder I was having so much trouble identifying them using manufacturer examples online.</p><p><br /></p><p>1893... Wow! So I guess I&#039;m not going to find them any time soon. :-( Particularly an undamaged brush. (I&#039;ve only been looking at such things for 48 hours, but have already seen several hair brushes with handle damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did notice that clothes brush you mention from the same seller. But because I couldn&#039;t clearly see the hair brush symbols to confirm if they were the same - and the pattern seemed a little different (to me) - it made me think it could be a different pattern.&nbsp; I also assumed each manufacturer would have made a few several different types each year. So I was getting a bit lost.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen a couple of multi-piece sets online, like you describe - with the silver-topped glass jars, button hook, nail buffer, etc.&nbsp; So I thought there might be several pieces.&nbsp; But tbh, I was hoping no...&nbsp; Because how could I justify the prices I&#039;m seeing for complete sets.&nbsp; But since they&#039;re turning up as individual pieces, that might not be a problem. (Finding them at all is going to be the real problem, lol.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Sandra: Thanks - yes, I was trying to compare the brush with flatware about 24 hours ago - to try and find the correct name. Because there&#039;s so little of the pattern on flatware, I didn&#039;t get very far.&nbsp; ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Susan: Thank you for that link. The oblong clothes brush there looks so similar to the one Bakersgma mentions on ebay.&nbsp; I can see the difference, but even that ebay pattern seems a little different to the hairbrush.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s both links again:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.replacements.com/webquote/gs_repc.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.replacements.com/webquote/gs_repc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.replacements.com/webquote/gs_repc.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182219630319" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/182219630319" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/182219630319</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The ebay clothes brush probably matches the hair brush that I came here to ask about... But I&#039;m seeing people online too, mixing up the names of 2-3 different patterns.&nbsp; :-|</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the suggestion. I&#039;ll look that style up now. I knew this present would probably be late.&nbsp; But I didn&#039;t expect it might take years - maybe never - to find.&nbsp; :-(</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there a... &#039;wanted&#039; site, where people can list what items they&#039;re after, a place that dealers frequent?&nbsp; (Or vice-versa... Is there site where dealers list en masse?)&nbsp; Or is it just: &quot;ebay&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Initially I wanted to buy new.&nbsp; But I&#039;m in Australia... And I went to the few &#039;high-end&#039; stores 40 miles away. The next closest is at least 95 miles away... But Australia is just more of the same chain stores in every suburb.&nbsp; So few tradesmen (of any kind of skilled trade) left.&nbsp; The products you see at one end of the country, is the same as the other.&nbsp; There was one small sterling silver newborn set. Certainly nothing like these beautiful patterns of years gone by.&nbsp; (Or any other kind of silverware for that matter, apart from flatwear.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway...&nbsp; Are there manufacturers in the UK/USA/etc. that still make such items, new?</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw... What does <a href="http://www.replacements.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.replacements.com" rel="nofollow">www.replacements.com</a> do exactly... i.e. One moment their site wording sounds like they make modern reproductions of vintage items - but the next it sounds like have to search for items - so... they sell originals on consignment!?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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