SOLD FOR $22,800
Sailor Made Nantucket Pierced Panbone Swing Handle Oval Basket, circa 1840, cherry bottom wrapped with panbone having interlocking circles with arches and spikes, handle attached with a rivet, a fine example of 19th C. Scrimshaw
Height 2 ¼ in. Length 6 ½ in Width 4 ¾ in.
A similar basket by the same hand and similar size sold at Rafael Osona’s Auctions on August 1, 2009, lot 98.
Provenance: The Estate of Georgia P. Gosnell, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Sold Rafael Osona Auctions August 1, 2015; Private Collector
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