Kellogg's No. 255 Whisk Broom with Wood Handle pottery canister Executed in a Japanese-influenced art

Executed in a Japanese-influenced art nouveau style

with a 2 1/4" diameter at base and 3/4" diameter at lip

against the mustard

librarian and great collector in Melrose

It is signed (incised) on the bottom

Kellogg's No. 255 Whisk Broom with Wood Handle pottery canister Executed in a Japanese-influenced artJohn 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