Object number
69/92
Description
Flower or 'walking' basket carried by girls in annual Whitsuntide walks of Sunday school children of all denominations.
Flower baskets such as this, known as ‘walking baskets’, were carried by small girls in annual Whitsuntide walks of Sunday school children of all denominations – a tradition in the north west of England. The baskets would be filled with flowers on a foundation of moss. This flower basket was used by the donor every year when she walked with St. Peter’s Church in Ashton under Lyne. It is shaped like a small, flattened Gainsborough florist’s basket made of willow rod and skein, and with a handle of split bamboo, and dates from the 1930s.
Physical description
1 basket; willow, bamboo
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (flower) // Acc. No.: 69/92 // Group: SOCIETY. RELIGION // Neg. no.: 60/9979 // Place of origin: Lancs. [Lancashire] Ashton-under-Lyme. Local basketmakers. // Period in use: 1930s. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Willow rod & skein. Handle split bamboo. // Shape and construction: A small flattened Gainsborough. Footed. Edge of foot 2 rods tied on. Bottom sewn in after basket & foot completed. Randed skein & rope border. // Dimensions: W. [width] Foot: 4” L [length] Foot 4 1/2”. WB. [width of bottom] 2” WT. [width of top] 2 1/2” L.T. [length of top] 9 3/4” D. [depth] 7 1/2” D. [depth] to top of handle: 12 1/2” // Use: Carried by children in “Whitsuntide Walks”, i.e. Sunday school processions filled with flowers. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: See 35/6283. photo lib.'
Production date
1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31
Production period
1930s
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\69_92_cob.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_9979.tif - High resolution image
