Group of six Nantucket Lightship baskets Various makers, Nantucket, MA, late 19th/early 20th century The largest oblong basket with label to underside inscribed, "Light Ship Basket mady by Fred S. Chadwick Nantucket Mass"; another with a label to underside inscribed, "Light Ship Basket mady by A.D. Williams 120 Orange [Street] Nantucket Mass 1923"; and a third inscribed, "September 1 1877", with other faint text; others with indistinct inscriptions or marks.
L: 14 in. (longest)
PROVENANCE:Collection of the late Hans U. Jahn, Charlottesville, VA.