Oval form, the cover surmounted by a finial modeled as a sleeping hound guarding his master's game bag and gun, the wicker molded body with branch form handles issuing holly leaves and berries to each side of a c-scroll panel, one depicting a fleeing hare, the other with flying pheasant, with liner, the under side impressed Mintons, shape number 964, and other marks, date cypher indistinct.