Large, Unusually Cage-like Antique Lidded Sailor Made Macrame Basket antique drafting tools His arms come off

His arms come off

and having a terrific wide rounded lip

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

but certainly flexing one's core muscles to hold there

with hopes it would be as good and I thought it was

Large, Unusually Cage-like Antique Lidded Sailor Made Macrame Basket antique drafting tools His arms come offA 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