Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint eagle and rabbit Emily Ackerley's 1870 sketchbook has

Emily Ackerley's 1870 sketchbook has seen better days--what remains is the cover and 11 pages of drawings

a bit of glue stain showing through as evident

Too beautiful

with a small hanger nailed to the back

at nearly a foot tall

Gorgeous Large Antique French Minnow (Bait) Bucket with Wire Latch Lid and Best Original Paint eagle and rabbit Emily Ackerley's 1870 sketchbook hasThis 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