Antique Handmade Wirework Planter Basket clever puzzle especially brilliant gold ones like

especially brilliant gold ones like these

and of course I like it for its naïveté

Nail measures 3 1/8" l x 15/16" across at head

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Antique Handmade Wirework Planter Basket clever puzzle especially brilliant gold ones likeFor me this sort of antique wirework basket, all done by hand, is like a wonderful line drawing in three dimensionsand all those loops and twists make me think of Calders circus, too! Good for holding a row of small potted plants, or some fruitreal or made of stone!or whatever. One could also lay a narrow tray inside to create a flat surface. Or treat it as a sculpture, which is what I would do, in a lighting situation to accentuate the casting of