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This egg basket was used by the family of the donor's wife, who lived in Pamber Green in Hampshire, for collecting eggs. It is a small round lipwork basket, made of coiled straw bound with strips of bramble. It has a wooden base, and a split-wood handle bound with straw which feeds through the sides of the basket and is nailed at the top to hold it in place.

1 basket: straw; small; ovalThe construction of this basket is similar to that used in making a beehive or skep.

Visiting researcher note, Tim Johnson (basketmaker), 20 June 2014 – This basket was probably made by someone who also made bee-skeps, as it uses the same technique. They have saved time by using a wooden board for a base, as the base takes the longest time in coiled work. The straw has been bound with bramble rather than bark. The joins in the bramble are neat and tidy and all on the inside of the basket. The handle is made of a piece of split wood with straw bound on the top. It feeds down the sides through the coils and is nailed at the top of the basket to hold it in place., Mr S. H. Rose, the donor, trained as a wheelwright in Bramley, Hampshire. He is connected to the Wigleys of Wigley and Sons, builders in Silchester, Hampshire, through his wife's family (his wife's aunt married a Wigley). His wife's grandparents lived in Pamber Green, Hampshire., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Institute of Agricultural History) – 'Standard museum name: BASKET, Egg gathering // Accession number: 85/2 // … // Description: A small basket made of coiled straw and bound with strips of bark or bramble. It has a wooden base and one handle. // (The construction is similar to that used in) // (in making a beehive or skep) // Dimensions: Height with handle 24.0 cm // Length 26.0 cm Width 22.0 cm Height 11.0 cm // Associated information: This basket was used by Mr Rose’s wife’s family. Her grandparents lived at Cherry Cottage, Pamber Green, Hampshire. It was used for collecting eggs.’

1985

Plant fibre, straw, Plant fibre