Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase While it reads as black

While it reads as black in these photos

like this double-side Open House / Auction sign (and two others

Not super old but with some years on them for sure

15 1/2" x 11 3/4" x 7/8" thick

white last name may have been House

Beautiful Old Wood and Wire Rack, Presumed Extra Large Farmhouse Egg Carrier cylindrical vase While it reads as blackFound in Vermont the other day, this just struck me as a very beautiful thing, with a poetry to the way each arch of wire differs a bit in form from the next, together creating a delicate sort of field that feels like a 3 dimensional line drawing floating like a cloud above the wooden armature. I believe the original function was as a tray for holding and carrying eggs and a good lot of eggs it would have carried! All sorts of creative ways one might