Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint antique steel tacks box calligraphic marks around the exterior

calligraphic marks around the exterior and then intensified all over the interior

graduating in 1939

One can never have too many stools I say

So she would have been in high school when she drew this

There are rows of old nail holes in the wood

Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint antique steel tacks box calligraphic marks around the exteriorThis is a beautiful thing, whether or not one has ever cast a fishing line in one's life. It is a large antique bait bucket minnow pail in original green (beautifully worn and aged) paint, French I believe, early 1900s. With a very lyrical, perfectly working wire clasp mechanism locking the lid, as detailed that loop of wire raises as a handle for locking unlocking it, then lies flat once closed. Great form, nice bail handle, perfect patina, just