Open trawl basket
63/601
Stanley Bird (Manufacturer)
This ‘open trawl’ basket was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker from Great Yarmouth, for the Museum. It is a round basket made of cane and two leagues of galvanised wire which run through the two roped handles. These baskets were used on trawlers for sorting the catch.
Descripción física
1 basket: cane; galvanised wire
Historia del archivo
An order of 12 baskets from Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. to Dorothy Wright, care of the Keeper at MERL. According to the delivery note, the order consisted of: 1 quarter cran; 1 small cran; 1 eighth cran; 1 oblong Hull lander; 1 oval Aberdeen lander; 1 liver basket; 1 ice basket; 1 trawl basket; 1 cobbing basket; 1 kipper basket; 1 wash basket; 1 eel pot.Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. label: F.H.1. All cane trawl basket.MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: OPEN TRAWL BASKET. Stanley Bird. // Acc. No.: 63/601 // Group: FISHING SEA // Neg. no.: 60/8689 // Place of origin: Great Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: Present. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Cane. Galvanised wire. // Shape and construction: Heavy construction. 2 fitches. 4 rod-behind-2 border. 2 wire leagues going through the two roped handles upright on the border. 2 bands on the border. 6 leagues cane. BS. [number of bottom sticks] 8. Bi-St. [bye stakes] 22. 5 rounds upset. 3 top wales. // Dimensions: Diam. bottom: 13” Diam: top: 18”. Height 14” // Use: On trawlers for sorting the catch into its different kinds of fish // 37 x 55 x 38cm (h [height] x diam. at top x diam. at base) // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes:'
Great Yarmouth; 1963 - 1963