Harvard Historical Society
Basket
Object/Artifact
basket with attached cover and swing handle; open mesh splint; edge bound; covered with gold foil around sides; crudely lined with paper doily; handle attached to lid that opens; partial valentine in bottom of basket; wallpaper wit design on bottom; blue-green; pink and white.Basket work may have been done by Shakers or bought by them; basket decoration may have been done later by non-Shaker owner.
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