Object number
76/217
Description
This basket was found by the donor in a field near Wokingham, Berkshire. It is a long, funnel-shaped basket made of wood and willow with leather around the rim of the wider end. It was initially identified by the museum as an umbrella basket - a basket designed to be strapped to a horse-drawn trap or carriage, or to a pram, to carry umbrellas. It has since been identified as a shell basket - a basket used for protecting artillery shells during the First World War.
Physical description
basket: deaccessioned
Archival history
It is possible that it is the same object as 90/43 (which was found unentered in the Museum) and has been double-accessioned.
Production date
1914 - 1918
Production period
First World War
Object name
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