Unusual Antique American Hand Woven Ash Splint Apple Farm Bushel Basket From Maine

Description

This is a Great Looking Antique Hand Made - Hand Woven Country Primitive Apple Basket. Large - Full Bushel Size. … more This is a Great Looking Antique Hand Made - Hand Woven Country Primitive Apple Basket. Large - Full Bushel Size. Classic New England Two Handle Style. It is Strong - Substantially Made out of Heavy Gauge Indigenous Brown Ash Splint and Oak. Note! the 4 Thick Steam Bent Oak Buttresses Incorporated in to the Design - Used to add Structural Reinforcements to the Sides and Bottom - Base. It was Varnished Many Years Ago Giving it a Very Nice Color and Patina. I purchased this Basket on one of my recent picking trips in the Down East - Coastal Maine Region. It is in Very Good Cosmetic and Structurally Sound Condition. It has some Basket Weave Breaks - Loss in the Bottom - Base but Because Crossed Buttresses it is Still very much intact. The Basket itself Measured at the Top Rim is 12 inches Tall.
It Measures 13 1/2 Tall including the Handles. It is 18 1/4 inches Long x 17 1/4 inches Wide.

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