Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides lot of tools Circa 1970s

Circa 1970s

This large mid-century studio pottery platter with fish design would make for a bold and super stylish means of serving a whole fish

with a rake on one end and what looks rather like a spade on the other

is justifiably signed on the back: Blanche Wood (what a name

and the sides are joined by tiny brass nails

Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides lot of tools Circa 1970sI'm guessing this old box was made for a specific purpose, as these curved sides seems pretty unusual, and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place? Maybe it held cheese? Or bread? Whatever the case, I love its roughness and the shape of it, and think it would be terrific filled with apples or hedge apples, or great on the counter for holding mail, or in the wood shop or studio