Object number
64/22
Title
Putcher,
Exhibition
Creator
Description
This putcher, a basket for catching salmon in use since the 10th century, was made by Ivor Cadogan of Blakeney, Gloucestershire. It is made of 18 stakes of brown willow with six rounds of fitching. It would have been assembled with others with poles in a barrage across the River Severn. Other names for the putcher include ‘putcheon’ and ‘putchard’ in Gloucestershire, ‘fish-garth’ in Cumberland, and ‘kiddle’ in Thames and Medway.
Physical description
1 cone shaped trap: willow
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: PUTCHER (SALMON TRAP) // Acc. No.: 64/22 // Group: FISHING. FRESHWATER. // Neg. no.: 60/5325 // Place of origin: Blakeney. Glos. [Gloucestershire] // Period in use: 10th century or earlier to present time. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Brown willows // Shape and construction: 18 stakes. 2 fitches then a spiral fitch leading to 3 rounds of *close fitching // Dimensions: Length: 64”. Diam. 26” tapering to 3” // Use: Assembled with poles in a barrage in the river Severn to catch salmon.* // Dialect names: In Cumberland called a fish-garth. Old name for the weir is a kiddle. Magna Carter. XXXIII. Kiddles in the Thames & Medway. Kideulx North-Fr. [France] // Distribution: // Additional notes: *For making see series 60/5315, /5320–4, /5327–31, 5333–4. // See QM.5.6. // See Country Life. Aug. 6. 1948. // See Glos. Folk Museum. 571. quoted in card “Putt”. // Other types of fish-weir, nets, hurdles etc. '
Production place
Blakeney [Gloucestershire]
Production date
1964
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- Length 1626 mm
- Diameter 660 mm
Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5325.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_22_cob.tif - High resolution image
