Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides in the studio for pens

in the studio for pens and pencils

12 1/2” long x 5 1/2” tall x 1” thick

if not actual execution

which has been hand-painted and lacquered

leather tongue and ears

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides in the studio for pensThis is a beautiful large painted swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket, 19th century New England Maine Native American I believe, with wonderfully irregular notched bentwood handles. While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time, it still shows quite nicely on the horizontal splints; with two thin bands of yellow, then two red, then two brown, then one wide yellow, and two thin red at the very bottom. The basket is sturdy