Brown Painted Antique Splint Buttocks Basket ceramic bluebird the metal is definitely hand

the metal is definitely hand hammered

appearing more disposed to taking a swim than taking a punch

” edited by Lucien Vogel and published in NY

it would be pretty great just sitting on the counter

Brown Painted Antique Splint Buttocks Basket ceramic bluebird the metal is definitely handThis American antique buttocks basket, woven of oak splint I believe, and dating to the late 19th century or so, has a great form and features what I believe is its original brown paint. I'd like to think this basket has had a long, productive life, used for gathering many many dozens of eggs and perhaps much else as well the result being a number of breaks in the the split wrapping the wide band of its rim, and what appears to be some burn damage to