SOLD Marvelous Large Antique Painted Wood Bottom Basket wooden lawn dog Visible mending/reinforcing in many places

Visible mending/reinforcing in many places

really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards

Though clearly posed

and on one side a mouth that  just sort of devolves into two wavering lines

I'm not completely certain the age of the form but it is most definitely very old

SOLD Marvelous Large Antique Painted Wood Bottom Basket wooden lawn dog Visible mending/reinforcing in many placesOh, this basket. It is only of fairly late that I have really started paying attention to antique painted baskets, and really coveting some of the beautiful examples out there, which others clearly highly value, too! I found this one at an antique show in Lititz, PA, though I understand from the dealer that she found it in Missouri, years ago, and has had it in her personal collection since and honestly, I think it's just about the most beautiful