Vintage French Gathering Basket, buy French Basket, French Collecting Basket

Vintage French medium collecting basket. Bent twig handle. Honey patina. Maybe made for a child to collect fruit with Mama or Papa. Could be used to collect fruit and vegetables from the garden or storing herbs in the kitchen. In very good condition. Would also make a lovely flower girl, wedding basket. Baskets of this age have the odd nick and nibble. It has been washed and dried in the warm French sunshine. In very good condition.

It measures 13" length x 10" width x 8.25" height or 33cm x 25.5cm x 21cm
304 gm or 11oz

The French have a special love affair with the basket. Over the centuries, the basket has been used by households rich buy and poor, in the city and country, carried by men and women: a simple, universal, utilitarian item. The trade of basket making is recorded since the late 11th century in France, and over the ages it became highly specialized within different regions of France and by intended use, including: harvesting grapes (each wine region has their own unique basket shape and name), picking olives and gathering lavender, carrying glasses and bottles, making bread (in baskets with canvas lining); carrying eggs or freshly caught fish (various fish have unique baskets); raising chickens, storing wine (in glass jars covered with basketry to keep the light out); carrying firemen's water (in a zinc-lined basket); carrying clean or soiled laundry…you get the idea.

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