Object number
64/214
Description
Gardening basket used in market gardens for picking peas and beans, common in Cambs. Made of white and brown willow with a roped cane handle.
Gardening baskets such as these were used in market gardens for picking peas and beans, and were common in Cambridgeshire. It is a round basket made of white and brown willow with a roped cane handle.
Physical description
1 basket: willow, cane
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: GARDEN BASKET (J. Harrison) // Acc. No.: 64/214 // Group: HARVESTING. Pulses // Neg. no.: 60/5928 // Place of origin: Huntingdonshire // Period in use: Present. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Brown & white willow. Cane. // Shape and construction: Round. The stakes & top 3” of the side are of brown willow, the bottom & lower 7 1/2” of the side white willow. Side slewed. Border 5-behind-2. Handle cane & roped. BS. [number of bottom sticks] 5 1/2 sticks. 21 stakes. // Dimensions: Diameter B. [bottom] 10” Height 11” W.T. [width of top] 15” // Use: In market gardens for picking peas & beans // Dialect names: // Distribution: Cambridgeshire & Huntingdon. // Additional notes:'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5928.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_214_cob.tif - High resolution image
