{"product_id":"antique-jose-formoso-reyes-nantucket-lightship-basket","title":"Antique José Formoso Reyes Nantucket Lightship Basket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVintage oval open top Nantucket Lightship \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBasket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e made by José Formoso \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eReyes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1902-1980) circa 1950. Measures 6-3\/4\" by 5-1\/2\" oval by 4\" high.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eOriginally crafted by lonely keepers who tended the floating lightships that marked the shoal-lined waters around Nantucket starting in the 1890s, Nantucket Lightship \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBaskets\u003c\/span\u003e are woven from rattan with cane staves, a solid wood base and swing handles. They often feature a close top adorned with scrimshawed fossilized wooly mammoth, but our selection of rare antique \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ebaskets\u003c\/span\u003e represents a more rustic style, possessing a beautiful, darkened patina, swing handles and an open top. Two of our \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ebaskets\u003c\/span\u003e are certified from the 1890s. Ours is a special open-topped oval \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ebasket\u003c\/span\u003e from the 1950s made and signed by one of Nantucket’s most legendary lightship \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003ebasket\u003c\/span\u003e makers, the late José Formoso \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eReyes\u003c\/span\u003e, who created only around 5,000 of his coveted pieces on-Island between 1947 and 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Perfect","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48246000320650,"sku":null,"price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/8084\/3914\/files\/Screenshot_2026-04-20_at_10.50.05_AM.png?v=1776697130","url":"https:\/\/www.thisistheperfect.com\/products\/antique-jose-formoso-reyes-nantucket-lightship-basket","provider":"The Perfect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}