63/599

Stanley Bird (Manufacturer)

This ice basket was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker of Great Yarmouth, for the Museum. These baskets were used on trawlers for carrying ice to mix in with the fish to keep them fresh. It is a round weight-carrying basket made of round and split cane with two leagues of wire running through the bottom, up the sides and around the two roped handles.

1 basket: cane; wire

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.3. All cane ice basket., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: ICE BASKET. Stanley Bird // Acc. No.: 63/599 // Group: FISHING. SEA. // Neg. no.: 60/8690 // Place of origin: Gt. Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: Present. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Cane, round & split. Wire. // Shape and construction: A weight-carrying basket, it has two leagues of wire which run through the bottom, up the sides & round the two roped handles on the border. Sides are randed with heavy split cane. Border 4-behind-2 tied down twice with bands. Leagues.6. Bi-St. [bye stakes] 7. 3 rounds upsett. 2 rounds top wale. // Dimensions: Diam. top: 18” bottom: 12” Height: 14” // Use: To carry ice or cod’s livers. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes:'

Great Yarmouth

1963 - 1963

Plant fibre, rattan, Metal

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)