Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern lidded bentwood pantry box or

lidded bentwood pantry box or dry measure was made by E

Just a great hand-thrown pottery vase by Jeff Brown--nice and earthy

shafts of wheat against a light blue ground

but it is in overall very good vintage condition

which may not have lasted much beyond 1935 (I have found NO other examples of Mid-Land Novelty's work)--but the company's owner

Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern lidded bentwood pantry box orI feel like I've seen other hand brooms similar to this one, but I have not been able to find one now that I'm looking! My guess is that it is Japanese, and most definitely it was made quite some time ago with a great deal of care the wire stitching alone on this piece is quite a spectacular thing: carefully braided along one edge of the bristles, criss crossing the leather strip at the other, and then looping and spiraling all over the face of the