Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit and there is one scratch

and there is one scratch on the lid near the edge

Poirer's work often included riddles and rebuses

bringing joy wherever it is situated

This is a gorgeous

This is a wonderfully nuanced vintage Zanesville Stoneware Company (Ohio) ribbed round planter

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit and there is one scratchI am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops