Harry A. Hilbert (1917-2010) “Non-Tucket” Pagoda Covered Shaped Basket, a cherry wood framed pagoda cover with turned urn finial, the rim laminated with 36 pieces of cherrywood, the basket tucked at the base, interior multi-carved and scribed concentric circles, signed upon the base “Made by Harry A. Hilbert, Wilton, Conn. 1993.” Height 9 in. Diameter 10 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.