Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box The center of the lid

The center of the lid and base of the basket are woven with sweetgrass on the splint structure

And what a beautiful drawing

letter stencils

though the lead weight once attached to the bottom was at some point removed

Good antique condition with a great presence

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box The center of the lidIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,