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Basket with lid

Basket with lid

1850-1900
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueWood splint, bentwood handle
Dimensions45.08 cm (17 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight - Collection of Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts
Accession number67.41a-b
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ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
InscriptionsInk inscription in script on handle: two overlapping "6500" and "D [star] F" In pencil on underside of lid: "$500" In ink, twice on outside of rim: "DF"
ProvenancePart of a collection of Shaker materials begun by Ralph E. and Myra T. Tibbetts; the Tibbets collection was inherited by their daughter and augmented by Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Knight, Marblehead, Massachusetts; 1967, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Knight to the MFA (Accession date: January 11, 1967); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA, ownership transferred to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum, Sabbathday Lake, Maine.