Object number
66/21
Description
Travelling basket would have been used for transporting eight month old turkeys as breeding stock. Made of white willow, cane and hazel.
This travelling basket would have been used for transporting eight month old turkeys as breeding stock. It is a round, fitched, basket with a loose lid, made of white willow, cane and hazel.
Physical description
1 basket: willow (white); cane; hazel
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET, travelling // Acc. No.: 66/21 // Group: LIVESTOCK poultry // Neg. no.: 60/7910 // Place of origin: Bucks. [Buckinghamshire] Aylesbury. // Period in use: Before 1948 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Wood/white willow & cane, Hazel. // Shape and construction: Round fitched basket with a loose cover woven like the base in slewing. 2 fitches worked with cane on the side. Basket border is 4-behind-2. The cover has 4 ties. The stakes are 1” apart. // Dimensions: Diam. top basket: 36”. bottom 30” Height 32” Diam. cover: 38” // Use: For transporting 8-month old turkeys as breeding stock. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: Type but smaller see S & Pr. [Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices of Work] 1916. p.87. // “ “[Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices of Work] 1850. p.45.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7910.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\66_21_cob.tif - High resolution image
