Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
Auction Closed
October 10, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
VERY FINE AND RARE WHALEBONE SCRIMSHAW SEWING BASKET, NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1860
Height 9 ¾ in. by Width 8 ½ in. by Depth 8 ½ in.
Meylert Amstrong, New Hope, Pennsylvania;
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Early American Furniture from the Estate of the Late Esther B. Crego, October 4-5, 1963, sale 2209, lot 267;
Sotheby's New York, Barbara Johnson Whaling Collection: Part III, April 29-30, 1983, sale 5075, lot 469;
Giampietro American Folk Art, New Haven, Connecticut.