Beautiful Antique Sailor Made Varnished Knotwork Basket hits Graphite on ledger paper

Graphite on ledger paper

Total weight of the pair is about 10 pounds

an a few other more ambiguous carved marks

though there are some very small old heirloom varieties too

trying to have the final marble remaining in the center spot

Beautiful Antique Sailor Made Varnished Knotwork Basket hits Graphite on ledger paperAs Ive said before, antique sailor made macrame baskets feel like such special things to mein some part at least because I really like the image of sailors finely knotting these baskets to kill time, and also the idea that they, like sailors valentines, were often made as love tokens to be gifted upon return. And it does feel like there was a whole lot of love as well as considerable skill invested in this one, with spiral design (looking a bit like a