Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern This super sharp

This super sharp

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

to be used as drinking cups

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

Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern This super sharpI 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