Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit While the weaving is unsigned

While the weaving is unsigned

2" across at base and 2 1/2" across at lip

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

or keep it on the table filled with water or red wine

and currently based in Amherst

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding antique box with gold paint kit While the weaving is unsignedI 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