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262. NANTUCKET DIMINUTIVE OVAL SWING HANDLE BASKET, attributed to William Appleton, circa 1890, carved
and shaped handle riveted to cut brass ears through a single wrapped rim above chamfered tapering ribs with cane weavers rising from
a conforming pine base with partial printed label “Sold by George R. Folger.” George R. Folger (1824-1914) was a proprietor of a
General Store on Nantucket.
Height 3 ¾ in. Length 7 ¾ in. Width 5 ½ in.
1,500/2,500
263. FINE WHALER CARVED WHALE IVORY AND WHALEBONE WALKING STICK, circa 1840, carved right
hand with shirt cuff and baleen button clenching a snake by the head with forked tongue striking and body wrapped around the hand,
octagonal ebony spacer on a conforming whalebone shaft, transitioning to round.
Length 35 in.
12,000/18,000
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