Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle small carved box of walnut I believe

of walnut I believe

with nice crackling to the old paint on his face

done in the 1930s I believe

surely pained to watch them on high

Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle small carved box of walnut I believeI 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