Large, Unusually Cage-like Antique Lidded Sailor Made Macrame Basket antique drafting tools and I should probably take

and I should probably take it to an expert to learn more--but I'm a bit lazy about that sort of thing and trust someone who knows more will find it and treasure it

when harvested correctly

And with her eyes cast slightly

Late 19th/early 20th century I believe

Large, Unusually Cage-like Antique Lidded Sailor Made Macrame Basket antique drafting tools and I should probably takeA sailor made macrame basket, late 19th century or so, as large as I've see and rather amazingly still with its lid (with very sweet scalloped edge) and with this unusually wide, open weave on the sides, pushing the limits of the basket form and making it feel equally like a cage in which one might carry home a canary or a live fish! (Found in Maine, I might think it was a lobster trap that inspired it!) As Ive said before, antique sailor made baskets