This is a 19thC New England Ash Splint Basket in Pumpkin Paint. The wonderful thickish pumpkin paint makes the basket extremely firm and very sturdy and solid. The C1900 paint has a nice dull sheen to it, and the color appears to be over an earlier grayish milk paint.

For those of you who love Yankee make-dos and repairs, this basket has a repair to the sturdy handle done in twine wrap, and the basket rim has twine wrap around the top. The interesting repairs have been painted over in the pumpkin paint. There are two places where the splint weavers have broken or a small piece is missing. The two layer base has the interior base layer is "kicked up". The basket measures 11 1/2" tall including the handle, 7" tall to the top of the rim, and 11" diameter.

The color is wonderful!