A Collection of Southern Miniature Baskets, Virginia Interest

Including two diminutive woven splint oak baskets, circa 1900, the smaller in buttocks form with bentwood strap handle (4 x 4 x 3 1/2 in.), and the larger in semi ovoid form over a squared base, alternating dark dyed vertical weave with a distinctive carved notched handle at the rim (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.); together with two miniature carved peach pit/nut baskets.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Greensboro, North Carolina

A note accompanying the two woven baskets indicate a possible origin from the Wilkinson Estate (circa 1880s) in Wytheville, VA.