Kellogg's No. 255 Whisk Broom with Wood Handle pyrography decoration on a tabletop

on a tabletop

Snowstorms twice deterred me from getting to the consignment shop in Sudbury MA where I found this fabulous tramp art box

but these moccasins are just fantastic

A beautiful and beautifully constructed object

its bottom side

Kellogg's No. 255 Whisk Broom with Wood Handle pyrography decoration on a tabletopJohn Kellogg, the founder of Kellogg's cereal company, apparently once denounced shredded wheat as tasteless: "like eating a whisk broom." Of course once the patent for Shredded What expired in 1912, Kellogg's began producing their own version, and I like to think this whisk broom was a company give away that cleverly made reference to John Kellogg's original comment! I think it's a pretty great looking and handy little broom, which I would hang on