PENNSYLVANIA, 19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FOUR SPLINT BASKETS
Pennsylvania, 19th Century
The first, an oak-splint carrying basket with rectangular collar above straight sides and rounded ends with lashed bentwood handle; the second, an oak splint 'arshbach' basket with integrated circular collar above pronounced ribbed check construction, with bentwood handle; the third, a similar smaller oak splint 'arshbach' basket; the fourth, a splint basket with circular collar above swelling cylindrical sides and splint-woven carrying handle
9¾in. high, 14in. wide, 7½in. deep the largest (4)
Pennsylvania, 19th Century
The first, an oak-splint carrying basket with rectangular collar above straight sides and rounded ends with lashed bentwood handle; the second, an oak splint 'arshbach' basket with integrated circular collar above pronounced ribbed check construction, with bentwood handle; the third, a similar smaller oak splint 'arshbach' basket; the fourth, a splint basket with circular collar above swelling cylindrical sides and splint-woven carrying handle
9¾in. high, 14in. wide, 7½in. deep the largest (4)