Lot 148: Small Baskets, Clothespins, and Table Mats

Estimate: $600 – $800
Price Realized: $236

Sweetgrass and colored splint “Gift Shop” basketry items, two small baskets with gray tomato pincushions, 1″ h, 2″ dia; Lidded basket, 3/4″ h, 3 3/4″ dia; needlecase, 2 1/8″ dia; scissors sheath, 3″ l; Lidded mushroom cap shaped basket, with exceptional weaving and design in blue and natural splint, 1 1/8″ h, 2 1/2″ dia: coaster, 2 1/2″ dia; Twelve finely turned and carved matching clothespins, 4 1/8″ h; Two oval foldable table mats, maple and walnut, felt backing, Enfield, CT, c. 1900, 8 1/2″ l, 6″ w; (from a Massachusetts collection).