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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9912884, member: 5398"][ATTACH=full]498017[/ATTACH] </p><p>I just received a reply from the Nantucket Historical Association, which [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] suggested I contact when I posted this basket last month. <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/questions-on-damaged-nantucket-double-lollipop-basket.86409/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/questions-on-damaged-nantucket-double-lollipop-basket.86409/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/questions-on-damaged-nantucket-double-lollipop-basket.86409/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also sent a photo to rafaelosonaauctions.com, also suggested by komokwa, but haven't received a response.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the reply from the Reference Archivist at the NHA:</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"I have been unable to locate any records for a basket maker with the initials "AMT" working on Nantucket. What evidence do you have that it was made on island? The item certainly may have sentimental or personal value to you and may also be of historical value if the maker could be identified. Alas, it is against museum policy for NHA staff to provide financial valuations of any kind. For this, I recommend that you contact a professional appraiser in your area. Best regards, Matthew J. Kuhnert, Reference Archivist"</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I thanked him for responding and explained that I didn't have any evidence that the basket was made on Nantucket. I also included links to similar baskets, and a link to an article I found today that said <i>"barrel makers on the whaling ships began to weave hybrid baskets incorporating elements of the Wampanoag </i>[Indian]<i> baskets with a round wood base inspired by New Hampshire work baskets" </i> <a href="https://www.graymist.com/nan_history" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.graymist.com/nan_history" rel="nofollow">https://www.graymist.com/nan_history</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I also mentioned in my reply to the NHA that I'm now wondering if this basket could be one of the early hybrid baskets made by someone on one of the New England whaling ships and, if so, should not be called a Nantucket basket. Or, maybe it was made by one of the Nantucket or other New England harbor lightship station crew members who made baskets, although the graymist.com article says the lightship station baskets were refined versions of the whaler’s hybrid baskets (what I assume everyone now calls Nantucket baskets).</p><p><br /></p><p>For now, I'm just planning to hang onto the basket and enjoy looking at it now and then. Maybe some day I'll stumble across other information about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 9912884, member: 5398"][ATTACH=full]498017[/ATTACH] I just received a reply from the Nantucket Historical Association, which [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] suggested I contact when I posted this basket last month. [URL]https://www.antiquers.com/threads/questions-on-damaged-nantucket-double-lollipop-basket.86409/[/URL] I also sent a photo to rafaelosonaauctions.com, also suggested by komokwa, but haven't received a response. Here's the reply from the Reference Archivist at the[I] [/I]NHA: [I] "I have been unable to locate any records for a basket maker with the initials "AMT" working on Nantucket. What evidence do you have that it was made on island? The item certainly may have sentimental or personal value to you and may also be of historical value if the maker could be identified. Alas, it is against museum policy for NHA staff to provide financial valuations of any kind. For this, I recommend that you contact a professional appraiser in your area. Best regards, Matthew J. Kuhnert, Reference Archivist" [/I] I thanked him for responding and explained that I didn't have any evidence that the basket was made on Nantucket. I also included links to similar baskets, and a link to an article I found today that said [I]"barrel makers on the whaling ships began to weave hybrid baskets incorporating elements of the Wampanoag [/I][Indian][I] baskets with a round wood base inspired by New Hampshire work baskets" [/I] [URL]https://www.graymist.com/nan_history[/URL] I also mentioned in my reply to the NHA that I'm now wondering if this basket could be one of the early hybrid baskets made by someone on one of the New England whaling ships and, if so, should not be called a Nantucket basket. Or, maybe it was made by one of the Nantucket or other New England harbor lightship station crew members who made baskets, although the graymist.com article says the lightship station baskets were refined versions of the whaler’s hybrid baskets (what I assume everyone now calls Nantucket baskets). For now, I'm just planning to hang onto the basket and enjoy looking at it now and then. Maybe some day I'll stumble across other information about it.[/QUOTE]
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