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This pigeon or dove basket, for keeping tame birds in, is made of willow. It is rectangular in shape with an arched roof, a small door in one of the long sides, a feeding platform at each end and a roped handle on the top. The donor found it under a roof at West Green, Hampshire. It is believed to date from pre-1900.
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1 basket: willow; very fragile
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MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: Basket (pigeon/dove) // Acc. No.: 64/177 // Group: LIVESTOCK // Neg. no.: 60/5961 // Place of origin: Hampshire // Period in use: Before 1900. // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Willow // Shape and construction: Rectangular with an arched roof. Front tilts outwards. Small door in one long side. 2 box feeders at the ends. Fitched sides. Roped handle on the top. Border: 5-behind-2. 2 fitches. Roof has 1 fitch. // Dimensions: Length 30” Width bottom 12” Width top 20” BS. [number of bottom sticks] 6. LB. [length of bottom] 18” WB. [width of bottom] 12” D. [depth] 18 Ss. [?] 9 Bi-S [bye-stakes].9 SE. [?] 6. Bi-S. [bye-stakes] 5 Bot.St. [bottom sticks] 6. // Use: To keep tame doves. // Dialect names: // Distribution: // Additional notes: See List of Sizes & Prices [Basketmakers’ Lists of Sizes and Prices of Work] 1877. p.3. London. // Also S.G.16. Have measures on card'
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5961.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_177_cob.tif - High resolution image
