two-nantucket-style-basket-purses
Lot 155
Two Nantucket Style Basket Purses
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
20th century, the first by Brooks Brothers, with carved wood shell applique to lid, leather hinges (6.5 x 9.5 x 7.5 in.; wear and tearing to hinges); the second a Pawley's Island Hand Basket by The Carolina Craftsmen, with applied porcelain shell to lid, woven hinges (7.5 x 9 x 6.5 in.; latch hinge missing and replaced with plastic line; porcelain with loss and crazing), each marked.