MY MOTHER GAVE THIS TO ME AND I KNOW THAT IT IS VERY OLD.SHE HAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE WITH A PICTURE OF THIS THAT SOLD FOR $2,200 BACK IN 2001. i BELIEVE IT IS SPANISH LACE IN CRANBERRY COLORED GLASS. DOES ANYONE KNOW THE VALUE OF THIS ?
Contacted the Smithsonian and they identifed the basket as African. Made by a slave or traveler from the Horn of Africa during the Taureg Era? Told it's a rare and valuable find, but like most museums they would not put a dollar amount on it. Need a value for insurance purposes, however, will sell if worth enough to pay off the second mortgage so I can get someone to refinance our home which is no longer worth what we paid.
The item was left in a home I bought. It is working condition with manual that belongs with it as well as catalog. I don't know much about it just that it was a unique piece.
