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198. HARRY A. HILBERT (1917-2010) NEST OF
EIGHT ROUND SWING HANDLE
“NON-TUCKET” BASKETS, carved and shaped
handles riveted to brass ears, crisscross wrapped rims,
oak staves to cherry bases with multiple interior carved
and scribed concentric circles.  Each signed upon the
base in ink Harry A. Hilbert, 1999. 
From smallest to largest: Height 3 in. Diameter 3 in.;
Height 6 ½ in. Diameter 9 ¾ in.

Note: Hilbert’s baskets have been exhibited at the Smithsonian
Museum, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Boston Museum of Fine
Arts, Yale, Rhode Island School of Design, National Museum
of American History, Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum
and the Wilton Historical Society.
199. HARRY A. HILBERT (1917-2010)
“NON-TUCKET” PAGODA COVERED
SHAPED BASKET, a cherry wood framed
pagoda cover with turned urn finial, the rim
laminated with 36 pieces of cherrywood, the
basket tucked at the base, interior multi-carved
and scribed concentric circles, signed upon the
base “Made by Harry A. Hilbert, Wilton, Conn.
1993.”  Height 9 in. Diameter 10 in.
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