Antique English Wicker Shopping Basket with Leather Latch & Cane Handles

An antique English wicker shopping basket, sourced in France and beautifully suited for decorative storage or display. This piece has a dark woven body with lighter reed accents, a rounded lidded form, intact bent cane-style handles, original metal hardware, and a worn leather front latch.

Baskets like this belonged to everyday working life, carried for shopping, market errands, provisions, picnics, and practical storage before modern bags and containers became common. The tightly woven body has a smooth, almost water-resistant feel, while the leather latch and closed form helped keep contents gathered and protected.

Today, it works beautifully styled on a shelf, beneath a console, in an entryway, beside a chair, or layered into an English country or French country vignette.

Details:

• Origin: Sourced in France, likely English in origin

• Material: Woven wicker, likely willow or cane, with leather latch and metal hardware

• Size: 8.75” tall x 13.5” wide x 8.5” deep

• Handles: Intact bent cane or willow-style handles

• Hardware: Front and back hardware attached and functional

• Estimated age: Early-to-mid 20th century, circa 1920s-1950s

Condition:

Good antique condition. Please note the leather latch is delicate. Hardware and handles are attached, intact, and in working order. Sold as is, in found condition. Please look at photos carefully.