Número del objeto
93/35/1
Descripción
This zinc osier token is inscribed ‘WAB’. It was used by William Albert Brown, the donor’s grandfather, and dates from the nineteenth century. The donor’s family owned osier beds in Woolhampton, Berkshire. Osier tokens were given to the women who stripped the willow – after collecting a bundle of osiers they received a token which was then exchanged for money once they had stripped the osiers.
Descripción física
2 osier tokens: metal; good condition
Historia del archivo
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – ‘Associated information: George Brown's family were all in the osier growing business. They owned 15 acres of osier beds in Woolhampton. These are not harvested anymore and are now an S. S. I. // The tokens were given to the women who did the stripping. After collecting a bundle of osiers they then collected a token. The tokens were exchanged for money after they had stripped the osiers. // George Brown was 70 years old in 1992.’
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