Lot Essay
Two related baskets are illustrated in Schiffer, p.53 (handleless splint basket) and in Schiffer, p.74 (smaller splint with handle)
PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FOUR SPLINT BASKETS
Pennsylvania, 19th Century
The first oval with integrated collar above tapering cylindrical sides and splint-coil wrapped handles; the second oval with integrated collar above tapering cylindrical sides with single splint-coil-wrapped carrying handle; the third a small oak-splint round basket with circular collar and integrated openwork handles
12in. wide the largest (4)
Pennsylvania, 19th Century
The first oval with integrated collar above tapering cylindrical sides and splint-coil wrapped handles; the second oval with integrated collar above tapering cylindrical sides with single splint-coil-wrapped carrying handle; the third a small oak-splint round basket with circular collar and integrated openwork handles
12in. wide the largest (4)