Neat and Sweet Small Antique Sailor Made Knotwork Basket (Stringholder?) 1930s airplanes and a note taped to

and a note taped to the reverse that identifies it as having been "Daniel Ladd's in remembrance on Sally Sanborn deceased 1802

and handwritten notes on the backs of some of the pages

In part it is because it is a very old one--dating to 1779

with some surface wear to the card around the corners

This is one I'd be especially happy to hold on to

Neat and Sweet Small Antique Sailor Made Knotwork Basket (Stringholder?) 1930s airplanes and a note taped toI've always got an eye out for an old sailor made basket; I love the look of them, and especially love the vision of a sailor executing macrame knotwork with fishing twine to pass the time and have a gift bring home to his sweetheart. And this one is about the smallest in scale that I've seen, neat and concise, with very sweet scalloped edges around the side edge of the lid and again around the foot of the basket. The hole at the very center of the