Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase like this double-side Open House

like this double-side Open House / Auction sign (and two others

I'd guess this drawing dates from the mid- to late 19th century and maybe it is Scottish

but definitely 19th c

While it reads as black in these photos

white last name may have been House

Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase like this double-side Open HouseFound in Vermont the other day, this just struck me as a very beautiful thing, with a poetry to the way each arch of wire differs a bit in form from the next, together creating a delicate sort of field that feels like a 3 dimensional line drawing floating like a cloud above the wooden armature. I believe the original function was as a tray for holding and carrying eggs and a good lot of eggs it would have carried! All sorts of creative ways one might