66/348/1-2

Chip basket,

Federal Containers Ltd. (Manufacturer)

This is a non-returnable 6lb watercress basket, known as a ‘chip’, for marketing watercress. It was made by Federal Containers Ltd. of Calstock, Cornwall, in the 1960s for Hampshire Watercress Ltd. of Fobdown, Hampshire (as marked on the lid of the basket). It is a rectangular basket, tapered slightly to enable stacking, made of veneered wood and fixed with metal staples. Coppiced wood or fir were used, and were imported from Belgium and Canada if not local.

1 basket with lid: wood (veneered coppice wood?)

This watercress basket was mistakenly reaccessioned as 70/151., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Basket (watercress 6lb) // Acc. No.: 66/348/1–2 // Group: MARKETING. Vegetables // Neg. no.: 60/7894 Lid: 60/9813, 60/15200 // Place of origin: Cornwall // Period in use: Present. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Roatrily veneered coppice word of fir imported from Belgium & Canada when not local. Freshly felled. Metal staples. // Shape and construction: Rectangular. Slightly tapered for resting. Cover flat also veneer. See Brit. Standard 3268: 1960. With the exception of the stapling entirely made by hand. // Dimensions: Top: 7 3/4” x 12 3/4”. Bottom: 6 1/4” x 11” Depth: 4 1/2” // Use: Marketing watercress by Hampshire Watercress Ltd. Fobdown. Hants. [Hampshire] Stamped on the cover. Non-returnable. // Dialect names: “Chip”. // Distribution: General // Additional notes:'

Calstock

1960 - 1966

Hampshire Watercress Ltd. (Corporate Body)
Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)