Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles female figure and then to the right

and then to the right "Patented Oct

The framed watercolor measures 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 1 3/8"

I think it would be especially stunning filled with a narcissus or lily

This one has had a life

though I am not 100% certain

Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles female figure and then to the rightThis 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