Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint antique steel tacks box graduating in 1939

graduating in 1939

There are rows of old nail holes in the wood

well flattened

it is more to the creamier side) with black paint for their sweet faces and paws

Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint antique steel tacks box graduating in 1939This is a beautiful thing, whether or not one has ever cast a fishing line in one's life. It is a large antique bait bucket minnow pail in original green (beautifully worn and aged) paint, French I believe, early 1900s. With a very lyrical, perfectly working wire clasp mechanism locking the lid, as detailed that loop of wire raises as a handle for locking unlocking it, then lies flat once closed. Great form, nice bail handle, perfect patina, just