Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle finely crafted brush and will happily continue playing

and will happily continue playing with them for as long as I have them (as I have already spent a fun chink of time doing

both of which I personally like

is one area around the lip of the lid where a couple of loops of ash splint have been lost

There are a few brown stains here and there but the drawing is crisp and bright and the paper in excellent condition

Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle finely crafted brush and will happily continue playingI believe this basket dates to the late 19th century and was made in New Englandand it is a beauty of its type, in very good, sturdy condition. With its original naturally aged dry patina, it features a hand carved wooden handle, notched at the lip of the basket to fit between two bentwood bands, the outer one overlapping, and terminates in points where it ends midway down the sides of the basket. Nice old iron nails around the top, and two wider