Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American large mid-century Italian planter measures 7 3/4" from one

measures 7 3/4" from one end of the handle to the other

and this feels like a very special piece indeed

These well-worn wooden toy bowling pins--one of two sets I found at a recent estate sale--are just wonderful objects to have around

and stuffed with what I believe are beans

There are four small pads on the bottom

Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American large mid-century Italian planter measures 7 3/4" from oneThis is the finest pine needle basket I've ever seen, and I've looked at a fair number and sold a number of them. It's like an incredibly intricate little nest, light as a feather, just exquisite like the hushed floor of the forest distilled into the perfect object. The needles are a gorgeous shade of deep brown, and the stitching holding them together just beautiful. The lid sits flat across the top of the basket, resting. It bears the remnant of an