64/66

This delivery basket, for delivering bread, was made at the Royal London School for the Blind. It is a close-randed oval basket made of white willow and a twisted cane cross handle. The Royal London School for the Blind produced and supplied baskets of this type by order.

1 basket: willow, cane

Pre-MERL list / description – '[insert] 64/63-69 [end insert] Coming from the ROYAL LONDON SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. ['ROYAL LONDON SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND' underlined] // [insert] via Miss D. Wright [end insert] // 1.) Hawker's basket. ['Hawker's basket' underlined] Supplied by order to London Street flower sellers. [ink sketch] [insert] 64/63 [end insert] // 2.) Stable Basket. ['Stable basket' underlined] Cane [ink sketch] [insert] 64/64 [end insert] // 3.) Notched Plate Basket. ['Notched Plate Basket' underlined] Used on board ship for clean plates. [ink sketch] [insert] 64/65 [end insert] // 4.) Baker's Basket. ['Baker's Basket' underlined] ( modern version of the Pouch. [ink sketch] [insert] 64/66 [end insert] // 5.) 4-hole Winchester with slot. ['4-hole Winchester' underlined] Used on hospital wards (obsolete). [ink sketch] [insert] 64/67 [end insert] // 6.) 'Humper' or Dust Basket. [''Humper' or Dust Basket' underlined] Carried on the shoulder. Cane. [ink sketch] [insert] 64/68 [end insert] // 7.) Builder's Basket. ['Builder's Basket' underlined] Cane. [ink sketch] (the larger of the two with a body wale.) [insert] 64/69 [end insert].', MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: BASKET (delivery) // Acc. No.: 64/66 // Group: TRADES & PROFESSIONS. BAKER // Neg. no.: 60/5954 // Place of origin: London // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White willow & cane. // Makers: Royal London School for the Blind // Shape and construction: Oval. Close randed. Border 5-behind-2. Twisted cane cross handle. // Dimensions: Bottom. // Use: For bread delivery. // Dialect names: Baker’s basket // Distribution: // Additional notes:'

Greater London [region]

1964

Wood, willow, white, Plant fibre, rattan

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)