Vintage Martin Brown Nantucket Basket Purse with original artists' bios For Sale

This Nantucket Basket purse will make a very special holiday gift!Vintage Nantucket Basket Purse by Martin Brown signed and numbered on the base, topped with a Garry Dupont scrimshaw plaque signed G. Dupont and dated 1985. In pristine condition with a wonderfully rich honey patina. This purse is complete with bios for both Martin Brown and Gerry Dupont on original The Spectrum Gallery letter head.
This premier piece of Nantucket basketry history is from1985, featuring an intricately detailed sailboat and wharf scene, is atruly rare and special piece for collectors and discriminating Nantucket basket enthusiasts.Specifications:

• The Weaver:Martin Brown(Signed on the exterior base plate, Serial Number512)
• The Scrimshander:Gerry Dupont(Signed and dated"G. Dupont 1985”) on the foundation of the building furthest to the right.
• The Plaque:Full-landscape, fine-line nautical scene of a sailboat tied to a wooden pier/wharf with heavy architectural detailing.
• The Materials & Form:Traditional oval, rich honey patina, handle with Brown’s signature family-notched detailing, and peg closure.
• The Provenance:Includes original point-of-sale retail documentation consisting of two separate biographical summary sheets for both Brown and Dupont, printed on originalThe SpectrumGallery letterhead.
• The Condition:Outstanding, like-new condition.
• The Size:9.75” wide, 6.5” deep, 6.5” tall. With handle up, 11” tall.
• Martin Brown has been weaving Nantucket baskets since 1970, learned the craft under the skilled, watchful eyes of his father Walter. Martin’s baskets feature fine quality hard wood plaques and bases, the finest rattan and carefully hewn oak staves for his wonderful, tight weave. The signature notched handle, a tradition in his family.
• Gerry Dupontis an award-winning New England scrimshaw artist with over 30 years of experience. He is widely celebrated by collectors for his highly detailed, black-and-white nautical etchings of historic ships, whales, and wharf scenes.Collectors widely considerdockside landscapes to be Dupont’s absolute true forte. These scenes command immense value because of the staggering amount of background detail he packs into the composition.
  

During its operation at 26 Main Street on Nantucket throughout the 1970’s and 80’s,The SpectrumGallery prominently represented and sold the high-end work of master Nantucket basket weaverMartin Brown.