SOLD Beautifully Weathered and Tenderly Mended Old Painted Wooden Basket handmade list I was pretty blown away

I was pretty blown away when I find this antique RPPC yesterday in New Hampshire—what a stunning image

but they are rare to find

with brown paper shield bearing a hand-drawn fleur-de-lys and peter pan looking boots

unbroken printed label

5 1/8" x 2 3/4" x 1" and in good shape

SOLD Beautifully Weathered and Tenderly Mended Old Painted Wooden Basket handmade list I was pretty blown awayA much weathered and worn old farm apple basket, with much aged red paint around the top and bottom rims, which I find super beautiful in all of its delicacy now. With an old mend on one side wire stretched on the diagonal from one nail to another, where the crossing strips of wood were lost. A bit fragile, and all sorts of wonky, but charming. Approx 7 1 4" across at top x 5 7 8" tall. Stable but one wants to be a bit gentle with it.