Nantucket Cocktail Basket with ivory Top and Gull by the Wooden Jug, Dated 1967
InformationOval Nantucket basket by the Wooden Jug signed and dated 1969. The basket has oak ribs and rims. The oak handle is in the typical shape of Wooden Jug handles with serrated edges by the base of the handle. The basket has an oval ivory top with a carved gull attributed to the work of Charlie Sayle. The inside of the basket has the original owners name “Alice McIvaen” and has a 1967 Penny set into the top of the inside of the base. The bottom is inscribed “ The wooden Jug, B&H, Made on Nantucket Island 1967”.
Condition: Excellent
Height: 4 ¾, Length 8, Width 5, Inches
Note: Bee & Helen - The Wooden Jug, 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", "B&H", "Made on Nantucket Island"
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