Gorgeous Antique Carrier in Original Paint with Make Do Handle antique wooden bear Stone pedestal about 4 x

Stone pedestal about 4 x 2 x 2

giving the whole thing a sense of mystery

The forms of the flowers and vines and basket are certainly akin to fraktur watercolors

The seller (from what I could make out on his tag) seems to have thought perhaps for holding floats (maybe he meant fly fishing flies

Gorgeous Antique Carrier in Original Paint with Make Do Handle antique wooden bear Stone pedestal about 4 xGorgeous. I love antique wooden carriers like this as a form, but usually let them go but the old salmon colored paint on this one, and especially the "make do" handle, make it especially special, and beautiful, so I was sold in one second flat. The handle is a separate piece of wood, like a basket handle (and may indeed once have belonged to a basket), notched and carved so as to just extend one side, with fat nails securing it. Perfectly fitted, and