Sweetest Ever, Very Folky Small Sailor Made Macrame Basket with Scalloped Lip lion and goat and have since learned about

and have since learned about Chinese Rank Badges

and figure at the center speaking in the voice of the vessel: "Use me well

The repairs were likely done by an itinerant tinker later in the 19th century

and I believe they came from the same collection

Sweetest Ever, Very Folky Small Sailor Made Macrame Basket with Scalloped Lip lion and goat and have since learned aboutI do believe this is the sweetest and folkiest little sailor made basket I've ever seen! Feels almost as if made to serve as the loving nest for a bird's egg. Nothing quite regular about it, with some scallops on the scalloped edge scalloping a little higher than others. All the better and more dear in hand, and of course all the better for knowing this was made by a crafty sailor at sea, likely to bring home as a sweetheart gift a total charmer. 2 1