Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend vintage print 5 1/4" d x 2

5 1/4" d x 2 1/2" t and in excellent condition

1870s I would guess

done in a manner that reminds me of Italian pieta dura

where it was wielded by the Greek god Asclepius

Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend vintage print 5 1/4" d x 2I don't always jump on an old folk art twig baskets they can be a bit unwieldy, and often a bit worse for the wear but I fell in love this one: just the right scale, and with the handle arching across the diamond shaped basket from corner to corner, lending a dynamism and lyricism to the whole thing. Perhaps best of all, a very old tightly wrapped string twine mend reinforcement to the center of the handle, lending extra tenderness and reading as dark