Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket makes for interesting reading (if

makes for interesting reading (if also discouraging

it's just loaded with character and warmth

with light scattered soiling

painted on both sides with some paint loss as obvious

blue on cream cream stock

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket makes for interesting reading (ifNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.