The Petite French Wirework Basket

An antique French miniature salad basket for dolls, a doll-scale panier à salade dating to the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, hand-formed in oxidized wire with a coiled carrying handle. The oval body is worked in a loose hexagonal mesh, twisted at each join and framed by a plain wire rim. It is sound and well kept, with a dark, softly weathered surface.

The wire salad basket was a familiar piece of the French kitchen, and this one is a small copy of it, made for a doll's household. At under five inches long it has a quiet, collected presence.

It sits well in a doll's kitchen or dollhouse, on a shelf or a windowsill, or simply standing alone among other small treasures. Condition and patina consistent with age.

Approx. 4.7 in long x 2.8 in wide x 3.5 in high including handle (12 x 7 x 9 cm).

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