1855 ‘Q. K. P. Doesticks’ xxii. 198 A dry-goods box with a marking brush sticking out of the top of it.
1882 M. H. Foote xvii. 228 He..swept, with one stroke of his marking-brush, a black circle around the figures.
1900 G. Ade 40 The Benevolent Lady would go into a House numbered 1135A with a Marking Brush.