رقم الكائن
66/347
العنوان
Chip basket,
المنشيء
الوصف
This mushroom basket, also known as a ‘chip’ basket, was made by Federal Containers Ltd. of Calstock, Cornwall, in the 1960s. It is a non-returnable basket for marketing mushrooms and can hold 4lb. It is rectangular wooden basket with a metal handle. Various freshly felled timbers were used, such as poplar, willow, fir and lime, and were imported from Belgium and Canada if not local. These baskets were superseded by cardboard.
الوصف المادي
1 mushroom basket: wood (birch veneer?); metal; good condition
تاريخ أرشيفي
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (mushroom) Federal Containers Ltd. // Acc. No.: 66/347 // Group: MARKETING. Vegetables // Neg. no.: 60/7896 // Place of origin: Cornwall // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Rotarily veneered poplar, willow, fir, lime or other timbers freshly felled. Tin plate. Metal staples & rivets. From Belgium & Canada when not local. // Shape and construction: See British Standard 3268: 1960. Metal handle. Rectangular. With the exception of the stitching and/or riveting entirely made by hand. // Dimensions: 6 3/4” x 10 1/2”. Depth 4” // Use: Marketing mushrooms. Non-returnable. Superseded by cardboard. // Dialect names: ‘Chips’ // Distribution: // Additional notes:'
مكان الإنتاج
Calstock
التاريخ
1960 - 1966
اسم الكائن
مادة
وثيقة خارجية
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