Basket
- Object Name:
- Basket
- Object ID:
- 1959.003.40
- Date:
- 1800-1900
- Description:
- Shaker wedding ring basket, one of a pair. Rounded basket, tapering to top with high, flat, oblong-shaped handle that is wound with white silk ribbon. Blanket covered with fine white cotton and lined with embroidered white silk handkerchief edged with blue embroidery. Center stuffed with cotton.
- Material:
- Wood
Textile
Cotton
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-5.9 Dia-3.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Ring baskets carried at wedding by Lucy Sawyer. No further information on her in accession files.
Because of construction, it is possible that the baskets were made by the Shakers. Also, the baskets were discovered in the Shaker drawer. - Credit Line:
- GIft of Ruth P. Harrison
- People:
- Sawyer, Lucy
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