Vintage Nantucket Purse by Larry Brewster, 1994
Vintage Nantucket Purse by Larry Brewster, 1994
$3,800.00
Vintage Nantucket Purse by Larry Brewster, 1994, an oval covered Nantucket basket with cane weave on rattan staves, a scrimshaw carved bone sperm whale atop an ivory top plate, bone peg and knobs holding a braided leather shoulder strap, signed and dated Larry Brewster, 1994 on the maple bottom plate.
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Vintage Nantucket Purse by Larry Brewster, 1994, an oval covered Nantucket basket with cane weave on rattan staves, a scrimshaw carved bone sperm whale atop an ivory top plate, bone peg and knobs holding a braided leather shoulder strap, signed and dated Larry Brewster, 1994 on the maple bottom plate.
Larry Brewster has been making Nantucket baskets for over 30 years, often using scrimshaw by New Bedford artist Alan Doucette. This purse is a very early basket by Brewster, and is in his largest size. It remains in excellent color and condition.
Measures: 8-1/2 in H x 9 in L x 6 -1/4 in W
