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66/34
Beskrivelse
Basketwork sparrow traps were used by farmers to trap sparrows to stop them eating the fruit and vegetable crops, and date from the nineteenth century and possibly earlier. It is a round shallow basket with a non-return valve made of buff willow and cane, with two twisted handles and a door in the side. It is a very intricate basket for which a journeyman was paid 3 shillings - 6 pence more than for a garden chair.
Fysisk beskrivelse
1 sparrow trap: willow, cane
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Trap, sparrow, basketwork // Acc. No.: 66/34 // Group: HUNTING Trapping // Neg. no.: 60/7166 // Place of origin: E. [East] Kent // Period in use: 19th century & probably earlier. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Buff willow. Cane // Shape and construction: A shallow round basket with finely fitched sides made like the fish traps & lobster pots on the principle of the non-return valve. Closely randed bottom. Stake & bi-stakes = 1000. 1 fitch at 6”, 2nd at 8”. Border: 5-behind-2. Small door below the first fitch. 2 twisted handles on the border. The trap: a cane ring fitting inside the border. 98 sticks scallomed on. 3 fitches. Centre hole. 4 ties to the basket. // Dimensions: Diameter: 20” Height: 8” Centre hole of the trap 2 1/4” diameter. // Use: By farmers to trap sparrows too numerous among fruit & vegetable crops. // Dialect names: // Distribution: General // Additional notes: see List of Prices. [Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices of Work] Nottingham 1872. p.31. Journeyman was paid 3/– for the making (6d more than a garden chair) // A very intricate basket which is hardly described in the Journeyman’s lists so that the way of making must have been handed down.'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_7166.tif - High resolution image
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