Beautiful Old Bentwood Bowl (Formerly a Basket) drawings on ledger paper which has softened in color

which has softened in color beautifully over the years

with what appear to me to be iron plates wrapping around the sides

" Note: the height of the box is 2 inches due to the rise in the center

here shows yourself as a young entrepreneur

Beautiful Old Bentwood Bowl (Formerly a Basket) drawings on ledger paper which has softened in colorIt took me a little help to figure it out, but surely this bowl was once a basket there is a one remaining piece of the handle on the interior of one side, cut cleanly to the height of the bowl, and two nail holes visible on the opposite side, where the handle would have ended. I find it very beautiful in its current state though, with the angled grain of the wood where the end lap perfectly complementing the outwardly angling form of the bowl. I