Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle small carved box The red and green color

The red and green color scheme of its base and blanket make it perfect for the holiday table

I believe this dates to the late 19th/early 20th century and would have been a souvenir purchased at a vacation spot

of walnut I believe

from straight-on to the 90 degree profile to 3/4 view (and the ultra long arms of the last)

as the features on the three figures--what looks to be a human head at top

Beautifully Constructed Antique Ash Splint Basket with Carved Wooden Handle small carved box The red and green colorI 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