Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Antique Nantucket Lightship Basket with Wide Rim

$4,500
£3,402.27
€3,970.22
CA$6,403.28
A$6,495.90
CHF 3,708.81
MX$78,655.16
NOK 43,661.78
SEK 43,516.87
DKK 29,688.12

About the Item

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 to the exaggerated design. Anonymous maker circa 1900. Great condition. Ex. Estate of Paul & Diane Madden.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 4 in (10.16 cm)Diameter: 14.5 in (36.83 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Cane,Rattan,Wood,Hand-Woven
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    Circa 1900
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Sandwich, MA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: PHMEPDMWNBK1stDibs: LU10061242005812

More From This Seller

View All
Vintage Carved Wooden Pineapple Chandelier

Vintage Carved Wooden Pineapple Chandelier

Located in Sandwich, MA

Unusual carved wooden pineapple candle chandelier, mid 20th Century. Painted and gilded wooden pineapple with leaves, supporting six reverse curved g...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Chandeliers and Pendants

Materials

Iron

Antique Fish Weathervane

Antique Fish Weathervane

Located in Sandwich, MA

Antique American copper fish weathervane circa 1875. Purchased from a private Nantucket collection in the 1980s. Original surface with remnants of gold leaf. Great condition, measure...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century Weathervanes

Materials

Copper, Gold Leaf

Pair of Antique John Bailey Federal Brass Andirons

Pair of Antique John Bailey Federal Brass Andirons

Located in Sandwich, MA

Antique pair of brass Federal style double lemon top andirons by John Bailey of New York City circa 1800. Cast iron dogs. Great condition. Measures 23-1/2" high by 11-3/4" wide by 21...

Category

Antique Early 1800s American Andirons

Materials

Brass

Large Vintage Cast Brass Horse Sculpture

Large Vintage Cast Brass Horse Sculpture

Located in Sandwich, MA

Vintage cast brass horse sculpture on stand. Continental, circa 1950. Measures an impressive 24" tall by 30" long (excluding base). Solid mahogany wood base measures 21-1/2" by 11" b...

Category

Mid-20th Century European Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Rare 18th C. Newport Map

Rare 18th C. Newport Map

Located in Sandwich, MA

Rare 18th C, Map titled "A plan of the town of Newport in the province of Rhode Island". Earliest printed plan of Newport, published for the use of the British just prior to their o...

Category

Antique 1770s American Maps

Materials

Paper

You May Also Like

Very Early Nantucket Lightship Basket, circa 1860

Very Early Nantucket Lightship Basket, circa 1860

Located in Nantucket, MA

Very Early Nantucket lightship basket, circa 1860, an oval open basket with wide splint staves, split wood rim, cane weave, solid birch bottom plate, and sha...

Category

Antique 1860s American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Wood

Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket, Attributed to Geo Washington Ray

Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket, Attributed to Geo Washington Ray

Located in Nantucket, MA

A small Nantucket lightship gathering basket with sturdy wooden ears, and a convex interior bottom with thee concentric lines typical of a George Washington Ray (1814-1891) made b...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Cane, Oak

Davis Hall Nantucket South Shoal Lightship Hand Woven Basket, circa 1870s

Davis Hall Nantucket South Shoal Lightship Hand Woven Basket, circa 1870s

Located in Studio City, CA

A wonderful and quite rare and hard to find nantucket lightship basket by Davis Hall, (1828-1906). Hall's baskets are prized by collectors of lightship baskets worldwide. This basket is made with his traditional swing handle and rounded lollipop connecting two ends. Hall cultivated his basket-making skill on the South shoal lightship after the American Civil War...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Wood, Cane, Rattan

Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket by Sherwin Boyer

Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket by Sherwin Boyer

By Sherwin P. Boyer 1

Located in Nantucket, MA

With a dark rich patina. Made with oak staves, handle and a mahogany base. In excellent condition. Attributed to Sherwin Porter Boyer (1907-1964). Measures: 6”.    

Category

Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Brass

Antique American Splint Oak Round Basket, Late 19th Century

Antique American Splint Oak Round Basket, Late 19th Century

Located in Elkhart, IN

A beautifully woven early 20th century American splint oak basket with warm honeyed tones and a tightly constructed handwoven form. Its restrained simplicity and honest craftsmanship...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Country Decorative Baskets

Materials

Oak

Vintage Signed Nantucket Basket with Handle

Vintage Signed Nantucket Basket with Handle

Located in Lambertville, NJ

A beautifully crafted Nantucket basket with handle, signed on the underside Susan Chase Ottison.

Category

Vintage 1980s North American Decorative Baskets

Materials

Wicker, Wood