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Lot 1155
Diminutive Nantucket Swing Handle Basket, Signed ADR
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Dated "03", Ainsley D. Rockwood, tightly woven oval shape with bentwood swing handle, underneath base plate marked in ink "ADR 03".

8 x 6 x 4 in.

From the Estate of the late Elizabeth "Betsy" Buford and Dr. Donald Mathews, Raleigh, North Carolina

Ainsley D. Rockwood (d. 2014) was considered a master Nantucket basket maker. He began making the baskets when he retired to Mashpee, Massachusetts, in 1979.


Good condition.