Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern but it is in overall

but it is in overall very good vintage condition

The body of the sculpture is in near perfect condition

shafts of wheat against a light blue ground

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 but it is in overallI 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