Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase I just adore the painted

I just adore the painted water-skiing woman on this vintage handkerchief box

Not super old but with some years on them for sure

8 3/4” x 5 3/8” x 2”

While it reads as black in these photos

with deep holes for eyes and a wonderful pointy little beak

Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase I just adore the paintedFound 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