Object number
66/21
Description
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
