66/269

This feeding basket, for feeding horses, was made for the Museum in 1965–1966 by William Shelley of Salisbury, Wiltshire. It is a circular basket, made of white willow, straight for the lower third and widely flown for the upper two thirds. It has a capacity of one and a half pecks.

1 basket: willow

This is one of thirteen baskets ordered from William Shelley on 17 June 1965. The list of orders is as follows: 66/261, yard of butter; 66/262, doctor’s basket [specimen bottle basket]; 66/263, round fowl cage [poultry travelling basket]; 66/264, egg cage [egg basket]; 66/265, cowel [fish back-pannier basket]; 66/266, cowel [fish back-pannier basket]; 66/267, seedlip; 66/268, umbrella basket; 66/269, corn server [feeding basket]; 66/270, arch cage [pigeon basket]; duck basket; alligator basket; watercress flat., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Feeding basket // Acc. No.: 66/269 // Group: LIVESTOCK Horses feeding // Neg. no.: 60/7746 // Place of origin: Wiltshire. // Period in use: // DESCRIPTION // Materials: wood/White willow // Shape and construction: A circular basket almost straight for the first 3” then widely flown. Prick randed. Fine 5-behind-2 border. Top wale inside. 6 bottom sticks. 24 stakes. Holds peck & a half. // Dimensions: Height 8 1/2” diam. bottom: 7” diam. top: 12” // Use: For feeding horses. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: see S & Pr. [Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices of Work] 1850 p.51. // Maker: Wm. [William] Shelley'

Salisbury

1965 - 1966

Rural Industries Bureau (Agent)
Trust, Mr W. G. (Agent)
Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)
Leaver & Company