Sold for:
$2,844
$2,844
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, woven cane and splint oval form with two carved ivory seagull figures applied to oval ebony disk on lid, with ivory latch pin and handle pegs, swing handle, the base signed by the maker with an outline of the island, ht. with handle upright 9 1/2, wd. 9 in. Caning in very good condition, very small old crack on one seagull wing.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
