Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, woven cane and splint oval form with a carved ebony whale centered on the lid, ebony latch pin and copper handle pegs, swing handle, the base signed by the maker with an outline of the island, ht. with handle upright 10, wd. 7 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-08-09
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse and Biographical Booklet About the Maker, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, dated 1962, oval woven cane purse with hinged lid centered Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-11-01
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, oval form with a carved ivory sperm whale figure affixed to the lid, ivory Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-11-01
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes (1902-1980), Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1960, oval woven cane purse with hinged lid centered with a carved Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-06-07
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Nantucket, Massachusetts, dated 1965, oval woven cane purse with hinged lid centered with an oval ivory plaque ornamented with incised sailboat Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2008-11-01
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse with Seal Motif, Sherwin P. Boyer, mid-20th century, oval woven cane and splint purse with hinged lid centered with a carved Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Sherwin P. Boyer, mid-20th century, round woven cane and splint purse with hinged lid centered with a carved ivory island of Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-08-09
Small Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, woven cane and splint oval form basket with a carved ivory seagull centered Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1960s, with carved ebony whale mounted on lid plaque and ebony pin clasp, the bottom Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2018-03-03
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1971, the oval hinged lid centering a carved map of the island, and carved wood swing handle, impressed on Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01
Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, c. 1991, the hinged lid with engraved bone medallion inscribed "Nantucket Sleighride" depicting a whale pulling a boat, ht. 7 1/4, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-19
