Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle Penland but a bit a hard

but a bit a hard to read

with light wear and aging to the metal

It  measures 2 1/2” wide x 2 5/8” tall x 1 1/2” deep

and very sweet

Herkules Style Looped Wire Rug Beater with Wooden Handle Penland but a bit a hardI'd never seen a rug beater like this before when I found it, and just fell in love with the look of it, with its elegant form and especially that beautiful tightly looping wire, which casts a pretty wonderful shadow. I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater, and that these are made, usually in German, for pretty heavy duty rug beating! The shape of this one is the loveliest I've seen, with an especially long wire neck giving it lots of