Basket, Wire Metal, Hand Applied Pears and Leaves, Cream Painted, Round with Handle, Vintage USA 1960s

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The pears are the whole point — yellow shading into green and orange, each one hand applied, exactly as a ripe pear should look. Maker: Unknown Materials: Wire metal with plasticiz ed paint, hand applied resin pears and leaves Dimensions: 10"H overall (including handle); basket 3.5"H; 8" diameter top opening; 6" diameter base Origin: USA (estimated) Era: Vintage, 1960s Condition: Very good — rustic wear, missing paint, and light rust consistent with age; part of the charm. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final. This round wire metal basket is covered in a cream plasticized paint and ringed with hand applied fruit and leaves. Unmarked, but the style and wear suggest American origin, possibly as far back as the 1940s — though we're placing it conservatively in the 1960s. The missing paint and faint rust are not flaws here; they are precisely what makes this piece work. Filled with real fruit on a kitchen counter, tucked into a French country vignette, or used as a bread basket — it earns its place anywhere that welcomes warmth and a little imperfection. Wire fruit baskets decorated with hand-applied resin or chalkware produce were a familiar mid-century American kitchen accessory, part of a broader decorating trend that brought realistic faux fruit — in bowls, on wallpaper, on canisters — into postwar American homes; the style peaked in the 1950s–60s and has remained a beloved piece of nostalgic farmhouse and cottage kitchen decor ever since. Browse our shop for more vintage wire baskets and mid-century kitchen decor to round out your collection. Show more