Rare 19th Century Covered Nantucket Basket

Antique Nantucket Lightship Basket, attributed to Charles Ray (1798-1884) circa 1870. Swing handled small open round cane woven basket with...

Rare form antique Nantucket Lightship Basket with wide rim. Measures a large 14-1/2" diameter and just a 4" height giving it an open flare design. Two small finger size handles add t...

Acrylic on board painting of a cresting wave by Nantucket artist Paul Madden (1938-2008) circa 1975. Abstract impasto style captures the energy and color of the sea. Measures 31" by ...

Vintage painting "Nantucket Autumn" by Andrew Shunney (American: 1916 - 1978), circa 1960s. Acrylic on canvas modern minimalist Nantucket autumnal landscape with marsh, creek and cot...

19th Century Nest of Three Nantucket Lightship Baskets, circa 1880, a graduated set of three round, open baskets having cane weave on rattan staves, a carved swing handle with an elongated ovoid lozenge end connected to tin ears that extend down inside the weave for about a quarter length of a stave, and hardwood bottom plate, likely maple, that is slightly convex and scribed with three concentric rings, The baskets are not signed but are clearly all made by the same hand. The style of the handle with a lozenge end is very similar to that carved by Charles Ray, Capt. Thomas James, William Appleton and circle aboard the South Shoals Lightship, and continued in a more exaggerated manner ashore by A.D. Williams, Ferdinand Sylvaro and especially Mitchy Ray. The handle here has a more slender and elegant profile more akin to the work of Capt. James, suggesting that this nest was likely made by a sailor serving aboard the lightship during James' tenure. All three baskets remain in very good, strong condition, and enjoy a deep patina nicely darkened with age. Unlike most nests which really seem to be more of an assemblage gathered together after the fact, these three baskets nest together nicely with a uniform gradation in size, a feature exemplified by the perfect graduated profile of their handles. This nest was in the personal collection of noted Nantucket folk art...

7 ½” open round Nantucket lightship basket with brass ears , “R Folger Maker Nantucket, Mass” is stenciled on the interior bottom, circa 1875 Rowland Folger (1803-1883).

Wonderful 19th century food caddy basket with two compartments that are also used to serve. Turned woven bamboo with reed and wood. This type of food caddy is often associated with DIM Sum...

This exquisite 19th Century French basket is a testament to the opulence and intricate craftsmanship of the era. The finely detailed silver-...