Nantucket Folk Art

Hand carved and painted mint green fish souvenir spool from Nantucket Island (ca. 1940s, MA, USA

10 ½” Open round Nantucket lightship basket with carved wooden oak ears with oak staves, handle and

9” Open round salmon painted Nantucket Lightship basket with wooden ears and original paint. The

Vintage Hand Carved and Decorated Wood Duck Drake Decoy, by Jean Charles Berruet, Nantucket, 1978

Nest of three Nantucket lightship baskets, the swing handles, staves and the ears ( which attach

Oval Nantucket lightship basket with shaped oak swing handle ending in carved round “lollipop

Made by George Grant of Nantucket (1857-1942). Grant, the son of whaling captain Charles Grant

found on Nantucket Island and came out of an old Siasconset collection. The model remains quite

A wonderful Folk Art carved and hand painted wooden seagull on base having an authentic weathered

Charming Handwoven Nantucket Style Basket

Antique ship's wheel dining table from Nantucket Island, made by the renowned Scrimshaw artist

Antique and extremely rare Nantucket "double lollipop" basket, circa 1900, a shallow oval swing

Folk Art Mural Landscape Painting by David Wiggins, circa 1990s, an oil on canvas fanciful

19th Century Nantucket Lightship "Peck" or Half Bushel Basket, attributed to Captain Henry F

Very Early Nantucket lightship basket, circa 1860, an oval open basket with wide splint staves

Vintage Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on

A classic vintage Nantucket berry basket with a turned hardwood base, scored with double incised

Lovely oval Sailors Valentine-esque shell mirror from Nantucket meticulous hand crafted with

Nantucket Cocktail Purse by Jose Formoso Reyes, circa 1950, a very early Nantucket diminutive oval

Vintage Nantucket Old North Slip watercolor by Doris & Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on

-spirited, and charming man, Strong was a “master of pantomime.” (The Nantucket Art Colony, 1920-45. An NHA

7 ½” open round Nantucket lightship basket with brass ears , “R Folger Maker Nantucket, Mass” is

With a dark rich patina. Made with oak staves, handle and a mahogany base. In excellent condition. Attributed to Sherwin Porter Boyer (1907-1964). Measures: 6”.    

poem on the label reads” I was made in Nantucket, I’m strong and stout. Don’t lose me or burn me and

A wonderful and quite rare and hard to find nantucket lightship basket by Davis Hall, (1828-1906

Nantucket Basket by Harry Hilbert, 1995, a Nantucket purse having a solid mahogany hinged top with

Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a

Antique Nantucket Basket by A.D. Williams (Nantucket: 1867 - 1927), circa 1890, an oval open

A small Nantucket lightship gathering basket with sturdy wooden ears, and a convex interior

19th Century Nantucket Lightship Basket by Capt. Thomas James (1811 - 1885), circa 1870, a round

weave on rattan staves, braided leather shoulder strap, turned bone peg, and having a lovely folk art

vine are exceptional, as is the amazing Garden of Eden portrayal. The art is well laid out across the

modeled after a Nantucket purse, having a flat oval "clamshell" lid hinged above an oval body, made of

after a Nantucket purse, having a round disk shape with open top, made of hand-stitched longleaf pine

Folk Art Nantucket miniature decorated sea chest, likely circa 1940s or earlier, a classic six

Nantucket Sperm Whale Weather Vane Whirligig, having slender hand-whittled flukes with great

Rare constructed 19th century basket with cane staves and oak ears that are finely shaped and extend to the bottom plaque, the bottom plaque is heavily turned and is scribed on the i...

Rare Antique Nantucket miniature long case clock, made and patented by Wallace Brown, circa 1894

Very rare Nantucket lightship friendship basket shoulder purse by Jose Formosa Reyes. This early

American 19th century Folk Art whirligig is hand-carved and painted, probably pine, in excellent

Nantucket Whaling. It can either stand on its own or mounted on a wall.

Large oval basket in great condition with a warm honey patina, oak staves and handle with a walnut base. A perfect example of a Chadwick basket showing his rounded handle form that e...

Carved Natural Plover by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, circa 1970, a carved wooden plump plover in

Vintage hand colored map of Nantucket by Sol Levenson (1910-2006), an extremely rare decorative map

Carved and Polychromed Killdeer by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, 1973, a carved wooden alert shorebird

Carved and polychromed plover by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, 1974, a carved wooden plump plover with

A Sailor's Folk Art inlaid box, circa 1850, a rectangular oak box with hinged lid, dovetailed

Lift top box with miniature ship diorama lid The box is painted a dark maroon with “Nantucket

Carved and Painted Black Duck Decoy, by Pat Gardner, Nantucket, circa 1960s, a carved wooden

A very cute needlepoint doorstop in the shape of a nantucket cottage. It is dated 1942 on the side

A delightful vintage ship-in-a-bottle depicting the Nantucket lightship, circa 1960, with a paper

Antique Nantucket Sailor Boy Whirligig, circa 1880, by either Billy Ray or Charles C. Ray (born

Exceptional Nantucket Lightship basket in excellent condition made by Sherwin Porter Boyer (1907

Framed map showing Nantucket Island with major ponts noted. Printed mileage legend on bottom. Also

GENERATION, CIRCA 1780-90 Stand-up blanket chest over two drawers, exuberantly painted, in a Folk Art

Half hull model of a Nantucket Whaleboat by James Walter Folger, circa 1904. The boat is carved

Connecticut. He spent his summers on Nantucket in Sconset at the family home. It was on the Island where Otis