رقم الكائن
64/201
المنشيء
الوصف
This is a travelling glass with a basket cover and was probably intended for a woman. The basket cover and basket lid are both made of randed white willow and raffia, with dyed purple bands, and fastened with a bead and a loop of silk cord.
الوصف المادي
1 glass and basket case: willow, glass, raffia
تاريخ أرشيفي
Miss Emily E. Mullins (1906–1967) was a basketmaker in Reading. Her family were basketmakers for at least five generations. Her father, William Mullins, had no sons and Emily chose to become a basketmaker and carry on the tradition. She ran a basketmaking business in Bath circa 1926–1939, and moved to London in 1940 where she made baskets for the war effort. Later, she moved to Reading where she took over her father’s job on his death at Cook’s Dairy and Farm Equipment Ltd., a basketmaking firm founded in 1760 by John Cook. Cook’s had premises at Market Place, Reading, and the workshop was at Silver Street, Reading. The Museum has an extensive collection of baskets and basketmaking tools (approximately 200) given to the Museum by Emily Mullins. No correspondence between the Museum and Emily Mullins was found in July 2012, and it is assumed from scraps of information (e.g. a note on the Adlib record for 63/61 which said that the 63/ baskets were made by Emily Mullins for the Museum and were therefore never used, and a note on the Adlib record for 64/147 which said that Emily Mullins made numerous baskets for the Museum in 1964) that the baskets were made by Emily Mullins at Cook’s Silver Street workshop and the tools were used by Emily Mullins at the same workshop., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: TRAVELLING GLASS in BASKET CASE // Acc. No.: 64/201 // Group: PERSONAL USE // Neg. no.: 60/6007 // Place of origin: Berks. [Berkshire] // Period in use: // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White split willow & raffia. // Shape and construction: The case has the foot & rim made of willow bound on. The lid is made the same way. Weaving is simple randing with two bands dyed purple on the side & one on the lid. Fastening is a bead & a loop of silk cord. // Dimensions: Glass: height 3 1/8”. Width 2”. Basket covered. 4” high. // Use: For travelling, probably for women’s use. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: see PA.5.'
مكان الإنتاج
Silver Street [Reading]
اسم الكائن
مادة
تقنية
وثيقة خارجية
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