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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9532335, member: 8267&quot;]It is a nice basket, in quite good condition from what we can see in the photos (with some damaged/missing elements in the base).</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, you could collect eggs in it. You could also put all kinds of other stuff in it. Such baskets were multi-purpose, so the note is the best evidence of what this one was once used for, and you are lucky to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a style of splint basket that has been made for hundreds of years, so the accompanying provenance is the best evidence of its age. The patina would support such a date. It is not a recently made basket.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] likes splint baskets, so may have more to say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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