Lot 104: Basket and Box

Estimate: $800 – $1,200
Price Realized: $472

Black ash, carved side handles, single wrap rim, top of handle signed “E W” (carved), a few weavers missing on bottom, good patina, sturdy, 9 1/2″ h (to rim), 14 1/2″ dia; Dairy box, poplar with metal strapped corners, triangular metal reinforcement on ends, cut out handles, carved hard wood reinforced interior, corners symmetrically nailed, taped white card on bottom “Shaker Made Box, Authenticated by Bertha Lindsay”, 15 1/2″ h, 16 1/2″ l, 12 1/2″ w; (Stranahan collection).