Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box The center of the lid

The center of the lid and base of the basket are woven with sweetgrass on the splint structure

Inside are two very nice lacquer trays with tiered bottoms

telling nothing more than the day of the month

I have searched a bunch and not found another set like these (I would buy them up if I could find them)

letter stencils

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box The center of the lidIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,