Antique Baskets

Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket becomes a truly beautiful statement.

The storied basket is ideal today as a waste bin or storage container.

Indonesian Balinese Yogya, Djokja Baskets, Ca 1900 An set Indonesian, Balinese, silver baskets.

Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art.

The basket with the copper rings has some damage Tangle baskets or knot baskets fall under the sewing kit category.

American Indian folk art Native American basket that is hand woven and coiled. It has been vegetable dyed and the basket lid is removable.

Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket becomes a truly beautiful statement.

A pair of Faux fruit arrangements in baskets. 20th century. Dimensions: Height of each basket 14" x Diameter 15".

Antique Spode porcelain blue and white flower cross pattern chestnut basket.

A traditional creamware basket with pierced body. The bowl is mounted with an engraved ormolu mount.

Square Majolica Wire Rose Basket Salins circa 1890

Austrian Majolica Art Nouveau Wire Basket Circa 1900. Representing a woman with flowers.

An extremely early basket (the very first Nantucket Lightship baskets are thought to have been made around 1850), that remains in extremely good condition.

Antique French Repousse copper wine pickers basket.

A pair of south Georgia plantation split oak cotton picking baskets, c.1900. largest: 24 ½ inches wide by 23 ¾ inches deep by 18 ¾ inches tall smaller: 22 inches wide by 22 inches d...

20th C small Papago basket lidded jar. Great condition.

A rare Meiji Japanese flower arranging ikebana basket. Hancrafted and handwoven in split bamboo skins and vines roots.

Majolica wire basket Salins circa 1890. Grapes and leaves.

19th C Rag balls and 19th c basket with handles. From the Hess Estate Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A charming 19th-century hand-crafted copper basket featuring a beautifully rounded body and an elegant arched handle.

Handled circular ikebana basket (hanakago) in Chinese style, in vanished bamboo and rattan.

Large 19th century hand woven and pine basket circa 1895. Generous sized Scandinavian hand woven basket, quite possibly have been used as a crib for an infant. 

The basket itself measures 18.5" wide and 18" deep.

We've been collecting basket for years, and we've never seen one this large.

Yavapai pictorial basket with quadrupeds and man figures. Stunning and visual.

A beautiful 19th century American oak splint gathering basket with a bentwood handle and a double-banded rim.

1920s Chinese wicker and brass lunch basket.

Pair of Antique Chinese wooden wedding baskets with lightly carved floral designs in horizontal bands along the exterior, topped with a lid featuring a carved genre scene and mounted...

Antique two tier wrought iron 2 tier standing basket in excellent condition. Solid Iron with great stability.

Unusually large and rare 19th century Swedish folk art bentwood box with a lid. Ca 1800, Sweden.

Large Paris porcelain centrepiece basket, circa 1840.

French white faience grapes-motif reticulated handled basket, circa 1900.

This fine papago Indian weaving basket isin good condition with minor wear on the top trim area in two spots.

This rustic original sage green basket is in good condition. It is so rustic and has a fine aged patina surface.

A fantastic 19th century American red painted oak splint round gathering basket with a tapered asymmetrical form making it perfect for hanging on a wall.

This graceful bamboo basket is an early 20th century flower basket (hanakago) designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement.

Beautiful shoi kago basket from Japan, early 20th century. Wisteria vine handwoven in a traditional technique.

Late 19th century hand woven Swedish pine basket circa 1890. Here we have a fine example of rural Swedish craft work. 

Dimensions: 23 × 20 × 45 cm Origin: Japan A beautifully handwoven Japanese bamboo basket from the early 20th century, traditionally used for ikebana flower arrangements.

A large 19th century American splint oak gathering basket with one long bent-oak handle, a double banded rim, and a large belly.

This elegant Japanese ikebana basket dates to the early 20th century and exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of traditional bamboo work.

Vintage or antique gathering basket features traditional rib or buttocks shape with the bent wooden ring rim and handle.

Antique Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Handwoven Ikebana Basket - This is not a bamboo basket. It's an obsoletely 100% handwoven ikebana basket made of bronze, a super unique artwo...

Vintage French Wood Herb Market Basket, circa 1920's. Hand-crafted basket with stenciled lettering, LEROUX.

As found in France, a charming French lacquered painted tole basket in an amazing faux amber style. This basket would be useful on a French table for serving baguettes, bread or even...

Suggested Uses: Fireside log basket, decorative storage, entryway accent, garden room display, or large floor basket.

A rare large pair of log baskets. Cast iron. France, late 19th century.

French Market Seller’s Antique Wicker Flower and Fruit Basket This is an unusually shaped French Costermonger’s Flower and Fruit Basket This is a good strong basket with a carrying...

Charming French Majolica roses basket signed Sarreguemines, circa 1920. The manufacture of Sarreguemines produced severals examples of baskets with fruits, more rarely with animals a...

The well of this Victorian basket is plain and unembellished. This impressive basket retains its original gilt interior.

Dimensions: 20 × 30 × 44 cm Origin: Japan A beautifully handwoven Japanese bamboo basket from the early 20th century, traditionally used for ikebana flower arrangements.

Handmade industrial leather tool caddy with wooden bottom. This chic industrial form is had made from thick oiled leather, with a wooden base. This would be great as a drinks carrie...

Provenance: The basket was acquired from the estate of Thomas Muir Wilson, the renowned photographer and graphic designer, based in Rochester, NY.

This antique Southwest American lidded oval basket, circa 1920, exemplifies traditional weaving techniques.

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver basket; an addition to our silver basket collection.

1920s Hand-Painted Wooden Waste Basket or Storage Bin Features folk-art floral panels and dark-banded staved construction Multiple paint loss and chips/cracks, but structurally sou...

A charming, rustic, handcrafted footed basket, with a petal shaped upper rim. Complex wire work.

He won prizes for his work at numbers of exhibitions and was patronized by the Imperial Household. The basket on offer was finely woven with smoked bamboo likely circa 1920-1930s.

A antique wire compote filled with nine antique stone lemons or alabaster lemons . Lemons are roughly 2inches x 3 inches each.

He won prizes for his work at numbers of exhibitions and was patronized by the Imperial Household. The basket on offer has a simple but elegant elongated shape and it was finely wov...