Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend vintage print with very sweetly carved rockers

with very sweetly carved rockers nailed to the underside

where it was wielded by the Greek god Asclepius

There’s a split in the wood the eagle stands on to due shrinkage/expansion over time—otherwise excellent condition

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

I really really love the expression on the face of this baby--looking as though all at once confronting the world as a whole and the question of life's meaning / facing the void

Especially Lovely Antique Diamond Shaped Twig Basket with Old String Mend vintage print with very sweetly carved rockersI 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