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267. ARTHUR D. WILLIAMS (1867-1940) ROUND HINGED COVERED NANTUCKET BASKET, with turned knob
finial. Partial hand-written label on base and dated 1922. The basket originally had a wooden swing handle which is no longer present.
Height 4 ½ in. Diameter 5 ½ in.
Provenance: From the Clara Hayes Barrett Nantucket Basket Collection
268. RAY FAMILY ROUND LIDDED SWING HANDLE NANTUCKET BASKET, 19 th century, with turned knob finial.
Height 5 ½ in. Diameter 8 ½ in.
Provenance: From the Clara Hayes Barrett Nantucket Basket Collection
Exhibited: The Cahoon Museum of American Art, “Nantucket Baskets from the Collection of Clara Hayes Barrett,” July 24th – September 16th,
2012.
269. WHALEMAN MADE WHALE IVORY, BALEEN,
WOOD AND ABALONE WALKING STICK,
circa 1840-1860, the whale ivory knob grip with carved abalone
whale’s eye inset above 7 ivory and baleen spacers on a round
tropical wood tapering shaft ending in a 2 ½” bone ferrule.
Length 34 in.
270. WHALEMAN MADE ENGLISH WHALE IVORY
AND WOOD BRANCH WALKING STICK, early 19 th
century, a large carved whale ivory octagonal reeded ivory
mushroom grip with scalloped paneled sides and inlaid with a coin
on branch-wood shaft with whale ivory ferrule. Length 35 ½ in.
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