Rare Vintage Nantucket Cocktail Purse with Ivory Top and Gull Carving, Nantucket signed and dated 1967.
InformationRare vintage Nantucket Lightship Basket Purse by "Bee" and Helen of The Wooden Jug signed and dated 1967 on bottom of basket. The basket has an ivory top and wood bottom. Features a carved seagull ornament & plaque, knobs, and peg.The top of the base has a 1967 penney mounted at center with the name written of the owner.(FA1255)
Condition: Excellent condition with a wonderful dark patina, great overall condition.
Dimensions: 8-1/2" wide by 6" deep by 4-3/4" high.
Note: In the mid-1960s, a small workshop on Cliff Road in Nantucket became home to one of the island's most distinctive lightship basket studios: The Wooden Jug. Founded by women partners known simply as Bee and Helen, the studio produced hand-woven oval covered baskets in a community with mostly male weavers. A distinctive feature of Wooden Jug baskets are the notches carved into the ends of the swing handles. Their baskets are further identified by the signature on the bottom "The Wooden Jug, Bee and Helen (Makers), Made on Nantucket Island, (date)"
1967
