Object number
66/22
Exhibition
Description
This travelling basket would have been used for transporting chickens. It is a rectangular basket made of white willow. Instead of a lid, the basket has a closed top with a door in the centre.
Physical description
1 bird basket: willow
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Basket (travelling) // Acc. No.: 66/22 // Group: LIVESTOCK. Poultry // Neg. no.: 60/8687 // Place of origin: Bucks. [Buckinghamshire] Aylesbury // Period in use: Before 1948 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White willow // Shape and construction: Rectangular with very thick top & bottom sticks. The bottom is slewed, the sides have one fitch & very heavy top & bottom wales. After the top is made the sticks are laid over the top wale & the basket border (5-behind-2) is worked over them. The top has open & closed weaving & a door in the centre. Stakes are alternately thick & thin set with 1” between them. The thick stakes are split. // Dimensions: Height: 12” Length 37” Width: 25” // Use: For transporting chickens. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: {The weight of this is tremendous for its size D.W. [Dorothy Wright]}'
Production date
1948 - 1948
Object name
Material
Technique
Associated subject
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_8687.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\66_22_cob.tif - High resolution image
