Featured Wicker basket purse

Tried to add more pics but they were too big. I think this is a vintage purse. Top: 11” x 9” x 8” Bottom: 6 ¾” x 5” x 8” I would like to try to find out how old it is, the type of wood and the country of origins and worth. Thank you for your assistance in this request. Rob

 

We have them here in the Netherlands, especially in the south. We call them egg baskets, in past times they were used for taking eggs to the market to sell.
They are still being made, but just for decoration. Yours could be 1960s.

 

Never had a mobile phone but I can resize them with my editor. Thank you. Robert

 

I found under three … in the corner of my computer Resize. I just have to pick the right one. Robert

 

Your basket is made of willow. Varieties of willow have been cultivated for centuries for basket making. In yours, whole rods are used for the foundation, and it looks like split/skeined rods have been used for the side weave (I can't quite see for sure in your photograph). Yours is what would be called "buff" willow, which is willow that has been dried after harvest, and then boiled to loosen and remove the bark. During the boiling the tannins in the bark stain the willow that pleasant shade of brown. This method of processing was developed in the mid to late 19th century and is still in use. (There is also "white" willow, which is peeled shortly after harvest, without boiling, and so retains its white color; and some baskets are made with the bark still on, known as "brown" willow.) The shape is very common, and has been made for many years. As @Any Jewelry says, still in use. Hard to say how old yours is - the latches may be most diagnostic of age.

 

I will add more pics later once I have resized them.

 

looks more like a picnic basket...?

 

Taking eggs to the market in a basket probably ended in the 19th century. More recently these were and are used for many purposes, including picnics.

 

I thought it was a picnic basket too.