63/598

Kipper drip maund,

Stanley Bird (Manufacturer)

This ‘kipper drip maund’, for use in the kipper industry, was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker of Great Yarmouth for the Museum. It is a round basket made of cane and wooden battens fastened on with split nails. Different baskets were used throughout the kippering process. In stage 1, the herrings were split and gutted by hand and put into an ‘oval cobbing basket’. In stage 2, the split herrings were washed in a ‘herring wash basket’. In stage 3, the washed herrings were put into the ‘kipper drip maund’ where they stood in brine and orange dye for an hour before being hung up for smoking.

1 basket: cane; wood

An order of 12 baskets from Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. to Dorothy Wright, care of the Keeper at MERL. According to the delivery note, the order consisted of: 1 quarter cran; 1 small cran; 1 eighth cran; 1 oblong Hull lander; 1 oval Aberdeen lander; 1 liver basket; 1 ice basket; 1 trawl basket; 1 cobbing basket; 1 kipper basket; 1 wash basket; 1 eel pot., Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. label: F.H.4. All cane kipper drip maund., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: KIPPER DRIP MAUND (Stanley Bird) // Acc. No.: 63/598 // Group: FISHING. SEA. // Neg. no.: 60/5237 // Place of origin: Gt. Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Cane. Wood battens. Split metal nails. // Shape and construction: Round. Sides have 3 fitches. Bottom is partly fitched. Border 4-behind-2. 2 upright roped handles on the border. 2 wooden battens on the bottom fastened on with split nails. 8 leagues. 50 bi-stakes in pairs. 5 rounds upsett. 2 top wales. // Dimensions: Diam. top: 18” Diam. bottom: 12” Height: 18” // Use: In the kipper industry. After the split herrings had been washed they were put into this basket & stood in brine & dye together for an hour before being removed to be hung on the speats to be smoked. Stage 3 in kippering. // Dialect names: KIPPER DRIP MAUND. // Distribution: The kipper industry. // Additional notes: see Notes. S. Bird [Stanley Bird]. Fish file'

Great Yarmouth

1963 - 1963

Wood, Plant fibre, rattan

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)