Rare Whaleman Made Whalebone and Mahogany Scrimshaw Knitting Basket, circa 1850,
cross-staves rising from a mahogany circular base joined by upper and lower straps with a swing handle all profusely pierced throughout.
Height 4 ¼ in. Diameter 7 ½ in.

Literature: A knitting basket by the same hand is illustrated in “E. Norman Flayderman’s Scrimshaw and Scrimshanders, Whales and Whalemen”, pg 228.

Provenance: Eldred’s, Thomas A. Gray Scrimshaw Collection