Object number
64/213
Title
Half bushel basket,
Exhibition
Description
Half bushel fruit basket, used when picking hard fruit, from Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire. Made of brown and white willow.
This half bushel fruit basket, used when picking hard fruit, comes from Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire. It is a round basket, made of brown and white willow, with two roped handles of brown willow. These baskets were common in Cambridgeshire.
Physical description
1 basket: willow [white and brown]
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: FRUIT BASKET (1/2 bushel) (J. Harrison) // Acc. No.: 64/213 // Group: HARVESTING – FRUIT – picking // Neg. no.: 60/5934 // Place of origin: Huntingdonshire // Period in use: 1964 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White & brown willow. // Shape and construction: Round basket. Slewed. Lower 9” & bottom in white willow. Stakes & top 3 1/2” brown willow. Border 5-behind-2. 2 Handles on the border, roped brown willow. 5 sticks + 1 bye-stick. 21 stakes. // Dimensions: Diameter top: 16” Height: 14” // Use: For picking hard fruit. // Dialect names: // Distribution: Cambridge & Hunts. // Additional notes: see PWH. 13. & 17.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5934.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_213_cob.tif - High resolution image
