Rafael Osona's Annual Auction Catalog 2019 2015 | Page 129

311. WHALEBONE DOUBLE SWIFT,
mid 19th Century, fluted staves, ribbon
tied, massive rosewood clamp inlaid with
6 whalebone hearts and geometric divides,
figured heart thumbscrew, whale ivory finial.
Staves 14 in. Height 27 in.

312. OVERSIZED JOSÉ FORMOSO REYES (1902-1980) FRIENDSHIP
BASKET, circa 1965, with antique bodkin peg and carved ivory sperm whale on pine
lid, signed upon the base “José Formoso Reyes, Made in Nantucket, 1965”.
Height 7 in. Width 11 ½ in. Depth 9 in.
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