Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern which may not have lasted

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

It measures 3ʺ in diameter and 4

featuring walnut heads and painstakingly sewn costumes

The year 1965 and "Japan" are carved on the bottom

shafts of wheat against a light blue ground

Handmade Whisk Broom or Brush, Presumed Japanese modern which may not have lastedI 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