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Georgian Quarter Sawn Oak Candle Box with Burr Walnut Inlay
Located in Nantucket, MA
Quarter sawn oak slide lid candle box of rectangular form with the back board extending above and pierced for hanging. The nicely figured lid with reeded edges inlaid with a burr wal...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Walnut
Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket with Original Paper Label
By Sherwin P. Boyer 1
Located in Nantucket, MA
Made with oak staves, handle, mahogany base and attached brass ears, in excellent condition. The poem on the label reads” I was made in Nantucket, I’m strong and stout. Don’t lose me or burn me and I’ll never wear out", which was a poem handed down by Mitchy Ray. Made by Sherwin Porter Boyer, (1907-1964).
Sherwin Boyer was one of the first generation of Nantucket basket
makers in the “purse” period, starting in the late 1940s and working
up until his death in 1964. A contemporary to Jose Reyes...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Brass
Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket by Sherwin Boyer
By Sherwin P. Boyer 1
Located in Nantucket, MA
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”.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Brass
Custom Mounted Pair of Matching Long Horn Steer Horns
Located in Nantucket, MA
Matched pair of long horn steer horns of good color and form on custom made wood bases.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Mounted Objects
Materials
Horn, Pine
Large Antique Carved Wood Female Bambara Chi Wara Antelope Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chi wara is a ritual headdress used by the Bambara people in Mali. Portrayed as both male or female figures Chi ware is associated with agriculture. This fema...
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Antique Early 1900s Malian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Large Antique Carved Wood Male Bambara Chi Wara Antelope Figure
Located in Nantucket, MA
Chi wara is a ritual headdress used by the Bambara people in Mali. Portrayed as both male or female figures Chi ware is associated with agriculture. This larg...
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Antique Early 1900s Malian Folk Art Animal Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
Pair Mid-Century Modern Cast Brass Figures of Seals with Noses Pointed Up
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of cast brass figures of seals propped up on their flippers with backs arched, necks outstretched and noses pointed to the sky. Marked "Made in Spai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Brass
19th Century Parlor Kaleidoscope by C.G. Bush & Co. of Providence, RI
By Charles G. Bush & Co
Located in Nantucket, MA
C.G. Bush & Co. parlor kaleidoscope on a turned mahogany pedestal with splayed legs, the cylindrical body of black colored textured cardstock with ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
Large Mid-Century Cylindrical Kingfisher Blue Vase with Molded Wave Pattern
By Empoli
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern vase in brilliant kingfisher blue. The vase is of cylindrical form made using a two-part mold with a vertical wave design.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Antique Carved & Painted Troubadour or Minstrel, Nodder Figure with a Violin
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century carved and painted wood figure of a troubadour or minstrel wearing a hat and long coat with his trousers tucked into knee-high boots and having a violin under one arm wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Black Forest Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Abalone, Gesso, Pine, Paint
Art Deco, Golf Themed, Cedar Lined, Bronze and Sterling Cigar Humidor
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco bronze and sterling silver cigar humidor made by the Heintz Metal Art Company. Lined with cedar the rectangular bronze box has a mottled brown patina with the lid having an ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Large Cased Clear and Smokey Blue Riihimaki Vase with Textured Surface
By Riihimaki
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern Riihimaki 'Safari' vase in steel blue and clear cased glass. The large vase having a cylindrical base with pebble textured surface below a narrowed collar opening ...
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Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Vintage Clear Glass Riihimaki Vase, Tamara Aladin
By Riihimaki
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid-Century Modern Riihimaki clear glass vase of square form with textured surface, the top molded with 2 waisted bands separating a squared collar and rim each molded with 3 raised ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Glass
Log Caliper, Made by William Greenleaf Company, Belmont, MA
By William Greenleaf
Located in Nantucket, MA
A large caliper for calculating the number of board feet a log will yield. The central wood shaft engraved with multiple scales on each of the four sides with a large metal mounted c...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Scientific Instruments
Materials
Metal
Open Round Nantucket Lightship Basket, Attributed to Geo Washington Ray
Located in Nantucket, MA
A small Nantucket lightship gathering basket
with sturdy wooden ears, and a convex interior
bottom with thee concentric lines typical of a
George Washington Ray (1814-1891) made b...
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Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Cane, Oak
Nantucket Lightship Basket, Made by Davis Hall on the South Shoal Lightship
Located in Nantucket, MA
Oval Nantucket lightship basket with shaped oak swing handle
ending in carved round “lollipop” ends and brass ears. Remnants of
the original paper label remains on the bottom. Made...
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Antique Late 19th Century North American Folk Art Nautical Objects
Materials
Cane, Rattan, Oak
Signed 19th Century Nantucket Lightship Basket by Rowland Folger
By Rowland Folger
Located in Nantucket, MA
7 ½” open round Nantucket lightship basket with
brass ears , “R Folger Maker Nantucket, Mass” is
stenciled on the interior bottom, circa 1875
Rowland Folger (1803-1883).
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Decorative Baskets
Materials
Brass
Primitive Horse Carving
Located in Nantucket, MA
A Folk Art carved wood and gesso painted standing horse
with painted cloth saddle and horse hair tail
Mounted on a later made black painted platform.
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures
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Gesso, Pine, Paint
Small Sailor Whirligig, circa 1930-1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Figural standing sailor whirligig, carved from Pine wearing a white hat with metal brim,
a blue sailor’s middy with scarf, striped red and white unde...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Decorated Box with Overlays
Located in Nantucket, MA
Stained pine with hinged top, decorated with geometric design out of recycled piano keys. The interior with a removable organizing drawer. Illegible names with numbers are faintly wr...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Group of 19th Century English Green Tole Tea Tins by Parnall & Sons LTD, Bristol
By Parnall & Sons
Located in Nantucket, MA
Three 19th century English tole tea tins with large numbers in cream and gilt on a green ground. Each of ovoid form with a domed shoulder below a...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Georgian Jars
Materials
Metal
19th Century Regency Mahogany 6-Drawer Collectors Chest
Located in Nantucket, MA
English Regency period mahogany collectors chest with ebonized detail. The mahogany case having six drawers with turned pulls, figured mahogany top with molded edge and sitting on a ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Early 20th Century Wicker Planter / Cachepot with Original Color
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large, early 20th century, wicker cachepot / planter of circular form with a serpentine rim woven in natural cane and decorated with red and green colored cane as well as woven detai...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Pair of Art Deco Wicker Wall Planters with Trellis Backs in Original Condition
Located in Nantucket, MA
Pair of American Art Deco wicker wall-hung planters retaining their original bronze painted finish with red, blue and green accents. Half round tapered planters...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Metal
Large Art Deco Wicker Handled Cachepot Retaining Its Haywood-Wakefield Label
Located in Nantucket, MA
Large Art Deco wicker cachepot / planter with angular handles connecting to the rim and shoulder in pale natural color cane and retaining its original Haywood-Wakefield label. Excell...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wicker
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