Harry A. Hilbert (1917-2010) Nest of Eight Round Swing Handle “Non-tucket” Baskets, carved and shaped handles riveted to brass ears, crisscross wrapped rims, oak staves to cherry bases with multiple interior carved and scribed concentric circles. Each signed upon the base in ink Harry A. Hilbert, 1999. From smallest to largest: Height 3 in. Diameter 3 in.; Height 6 ½ in. Diameter 9 ¾ in.

Note: Hilbert’s baskets have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, National Museum of American History, Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum and the Wilton Historical Society.