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Lot 140
Sale 5994 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Nov 12, 2019
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,500 -
3,500
Price Realized
$2,750
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Group of six Nantucket Lightship baskets Various makers, Nantucket, MA, late 19th/early 20th century
The largest oblong basket with label to underside inscribed, "Light Ship Basket mady by Fred S. Chadwick Nantucket Mass"; another with a label to underside inscribed, "Light Ship Basket mady by A.D. Williams 120 Orange [Street] Nantucket Mass 1923"; and a third inscribed, "September 1 1877", with other faint text; others with indistinct inscriptions or marks.
L: 14 in. (longest)