Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle finely crafted brush the two splits on the

the two splits on the lid of the box were very well repaired with glue at some point

who is  perfectly skunklike but not fussy in the least

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

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

Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle finely crafted brush the two splits on theI 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