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Nantucket
c. 1860-1890
Oak staves, rim and handle with cherry bottom
Ht. 4 ½”, Diam. 6 ½”
Inscribed on the underside “May H. Congdon/ from/ Aunt Mary’s house/ Nantucket/ Mass”
$1,800
Provenance: Christie’s, January 2008, lot 425; Private Texas Collection
Literature: Carpenter and Carpenter, The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket (1987), p. 191, fig. 180.