Numero oggetto
64/212
Titolo
Potato hopper,
Descrizione
The hopper is a basket used to put potatoes into a sack when they have been lifted from the soil. It is a circular funnel-shaped basket with an open bottom. The hopper was put into the mouth of the sack and potatoes were thrown into the hopper. This basket, made of brown and white willow, comes from Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire. Other names for the hopper include ‘dolly’ in Cambridgeshire, ‘nancy’ and ‘blunk’.
Descrizione fisica
1 basket: white and brown willow
Storico archivio
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (hopper) (J. Harrison) // Acc. No.: 64/212 // Group: HARVESTING. Roots // Neg. no.: 60/5924 // Place of origin: Huntingdonshire // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White & brown willow. // Shape and construction: A circular funnel. The 23 stakes, scallomed to a hoop & a band of pairing on the side are brown, the rest white, slewed. Border 4-behind-1. // Dimensions: Diam. top: 22” Diam. bottom: 11” Depth 19” Flow after 10 1/2” // Use: For filling a sack with potatoes // Dialect names: A “DOLLY.” (Cambridge) “Hopper.” (Lancs. [Lancashire]) “Nancy.” “Bunk.” // Distribution: // Additional notes: FitzRandolph & Hay. 1926. [FitzRandolph, Helen & Hay, M. Doriel, ‘Osier Growing and Basketry’. The Rural Industries of England and Wales No. 2. Oxford, 1926] p.58 say it held 4-bushel & filled an 8-bushel sack. Method called “sacking-up-twice”. Basket stood in bottom of sack, filled & emptied. Then stood on the potatoes & filled again & emptied. Saved labour & time.'
Nome oggetto
Materiale
Tecnica
Documento esterno
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5924.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_212_cob.tif - High resolution image
