old wire advertising tool for Rex wallpaper paste The Patent Cereals Co

Primitive old wire advertising tool for mixing up Rex Dry Paste Flour (flour and water paste) for hanging wallpaper and made by The Patent Cereals Co - Geneva, New York. This might have been given away with a large enough purchase of the wallpaper paste or might even have been included in larger bags of the paste mix.

This tool measures about a foot long.