Possibly Mitchell Ray Fine Old One-egg Nantucket Lightship Basket Oak or maple, and rattan Circa 1930 This tiny, "One-egger" basket was made in Nantucket, Massachusetts in the early part of the Twentieth Century. Mitchell Ray (1880-1956) and Sherwin Boyer (1907-1964) were both known for making multiple examples of this style. This particular basket features a D-shaped handle that flares and widens at the center of the horizontal segment, a characteristic of Ray's work. For similar examples see The Lightship Baskets of Nantucket: A Continuing Craft by David H. Wood, Curator, the Nantucket Historical Association, 1994.

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