Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles spotted pig I think it is just

I think it is just a fantastic little thing

While quintessentially mid-century

and certainly could be used as such--and I must say it makes a very strong argument for the return of buying blocks of ice and chipping ice by hand

which I believe it was constructed around

and then that top hat

Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles spotted pig I think it is justThis pine needle basket tray, probably mid 20th century and Coushatta (Southeast U. S native), is just lovely, with a terrific interplay between the warm brown of the pine needles and the light stitching, which creates a spiral pattern as it joins one pine needle bundle to the next. Plus those beautifully knotted "golden sun" details at the handles and center! The basket, which I believe was made to hold a pie plate, seems to have been finished with a