Object number
65/206
Description
This shopping basket, known as a ‘boat basket’, is a rectangular frame basket made of buff willow, with a lapped handle. They were mass-produced on a mould and imported in large numbers from Spain. The design is a copy of the lidded ‘Southport’ boat basket made in Lancashire in great quantities before World War II for marketing eggs and butter.
Physical description
1 basket: buff willow
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (boat, shopping) // Acc. No.: 65/206 // Group: PERSONAL USE // Neg. no.: 60/6391 // Place of origin: Prob. Jugo-Slav “Foreign” // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Buff willow // Shape and construction: Rectangular. Frame type basket. Lapped handle. Woven from end to end. 11 spelks. 3 bows put over the frame, side to side. // Dimensions: Length: 12” Width 8 1/2” Height: 7” // Use: Shopping // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: A copy of the “Southport” boat basket made in Lancashire in great quantities before the 2nd World War. See M.A.3.'
Production place
Spain
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_6391.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\65_206_cob.tif - High resolution image
