Object number
2023/112
Description
The brake is a basketmaking tool used for stripping the bark from a willow rod to produce white or buff willow. This brake is made of wood and metal. The two metal rods are wedged with a block of wood. The metal tips curve outwards and the inside is lined with two metal rods. It was probably used by willow strippers in the basket making industry in Stoke Saint Gregory, Somerset.
Physical description
1 willow brake: metal, wood
Archival history
Email from Donor to MERL, 3 April 2023 - 'Late 19th century/early 20th century - used in withy and basket making industry in Stoke St Gregory, Somerset'
Object name
Material
Dimensions
Associated subject
