Object number
56/176
Description
Basket or skip used at Priory Farm, Ramsdell, Hampshire for feeding horses. It is circular in shape, like a large sieve.
This animal feeding basket was used at Priory Farm in Ramsdell, Hampshire, for feeding horses. It is circular in shape, like a large sieve. It has straight wooden sides and a woven split cane bottom, in a twill weave. It was also sometimes called a 'skip'.
Physical description
basket: wood; cane
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (feeding) // Acc. No.: 56/176 // Group: LIVESTOCK // Neg. no.: 60/3120 & 60/1528 // Place of origin: Hampshire // Period in use: // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Wood & cane // Shape and construction: Circular & like a large sieve. Straight wooden side & woven split cane bottom, twill weave over 3s. // Dimensions: Diameter: 18” Height: 4” // Use: For feeding animals // Dialect names: Skip // Distribution: // Additional notes: *also 54/345 willow skein 21” x 4”, 51/866L cane 27” x 9” & 55/4 // See I. Mss. [Illuminated Manuscripts] 23 C. XIV. FitzR. & Hay [FitzRandolph, Helen & Hay, M. Doriel, ‘Osier Growing and Basketry’. The Rural Industries of England and Wales No. 2. Oxford, 1926] say not made by basketmakers'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3120.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\56_176_cob.tif - High resolution image
