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

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 215. VERY FINE AND RARE WHALEBONE SCRIMSHAW SEWING BASKET, NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1860.

VERY FINE AND RARE WHALEBONE SCRIMSHAW SEWING BASKET, NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, CIRCA 1860

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.