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63/600
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This cod liver basket was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker from Great Yarmouth, for the Museum. It is a round basket with two roped handles, made of brown and white willow and cane, with hazel bottom sticks. These baskets were used by fishermen to hold cod’s livers on long distance trawlers.
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1 basket: willow (brown, white); cane; wood
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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.M.R.4. Willow with cane handles & woods on bottom liver basket for use on the trawler for putting cod livers in., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: COD LIVER BASKET. Stanley Bird // Acc. No.: 63/600 // Group: FISHING. SEA. // Neg. no.: 60/5241 // Place of origin: Gt. Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Brown & white willow. Cane. Wood. Split metal nails. Hazel bottom sticks. // Shape and construction: Round. Brown stakes & slewed side, with a band of white near the top. Upset 4 rounds, first 2 cane. Border 5-behind-2. 2 roped cane handles, upright on the border. 2 cleats on the bottom. BS. [number of bottom sticks] 6. St. [number of stakes] 24. // Dimensions: Diam. top: 19” bottom: 12” Height: 14” // Use: To hold cod’s livers on a trawler. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes:'
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Great Yarmouth
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1963 - 1963
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