Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides planter with handles which that same year had

which that same year had changed its name from Liggett & Myers to The Liggett Group

I have not tried to polish it

rather like a vessel shaped rock

The woven detail is executed in what looks to be raffia

and both earthy and refined

Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides planter with handles which that same year hadI'm guessing this old box was made for a specific purpose, as these curved sides seems pretty unusual, and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place? Maybe it held cheese? Or bread? Whatever the case, I love its roughness and the shape of it, and think it would be terrific filled with apples or hedge apples, or great on the counter for holding mail, or in the wood shop or studio