Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle kid made bowl The faces on these children

The faces on these children just kill me

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unsigned but presumed mid-century as it seems quintessentially so

Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle kid made bowl The faces on these childrenI 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