Object number
63/605
Title
Aberdeen fish landing basket,
Exhibition
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Description
This ‘Aberdeen fish landing’ basket, also known as an ‘oval crannage’, was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker from Great Yarmouth, for the museum. It is an oval basket made of cane with two wooden battens on the base and two roped handles on the border. These baskets were used by fishermen for landing fish, as well as having other general uses. The South Shields variant of this basket has four handles.
Physical description
1 basket: cane
Archival history
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.8. All cane Aberdeen oval fish landing basket., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: LANDING BASKET. (Aberdeen) (S. Bird [Stanley Bird]) // Acc. No.: 63/605 // Group: FISHING. SEA. // Neg. no.: 60/5243 // Place of origin: Great Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: Present. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Cane. Two wooden battens. Four iron bolts. // Shape and construction: Oval. 4-rod-behind-2 border. 2 roped handles upright on the border. 4 bands on the border. 2 battens fixed with bolts. Leagues.3.7. St. [number of stakes] 3. 5 rounds upsett. 3 top wales. // Dimensions: Bottom: 16” x 21” Top: 21” x 26” Height: 13” // Use: For landing of fish, generally. // Dialect names: Oval Crannage // Distribution: General. // Additional notes: The Aberdeen variant has two handles. // The S. Shields [South Shields] “ [variant] “ [has] four “ [handles]'
Production place
Great Yarmouth
Production date
1963 - 1963
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