Fantastic Old Handmade Apple Picking Tool with Gripping Lever Chinese box with a bit of discoloration

with a bit of discoloration to the bottom black layer only in the area covered by the silver top layer

17” t x 10 1/2” w x 6 1/8” d

Heavy tin is in good shape

matching cards to the personalities and (pre)occupations of recipients

thin leather case

Fantastic Old Handmade Apple Picking Tool with Gripping Lever Chinese box with a bit of discolorationI really love this one, found yesterday in New Hampshire on the border of Vermont the singular creation of a farmer I'm sure, and which certainly appears to have led a long and full life plucking apples from trees, or at least that is what I believe it was devised to do! The "basket" is formed of finger like loops of very heavy wire, with thinner wire woven between them like in a very lyrical sort of way! These are tethered to the scrap wood handle