Object number
64/213
Title
Half bushel basket,
Exhibition
Description
This half bushel fruit basket, used when picking hard fruit, comes from Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire. It is a round basket, made of brown and white willow, with two roped handles of brown willow. These baskets were common in Cambridgeshire.
Physical description
1 basket: willow [white and brown]
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: FRUIT BASKET (1/2 bushel) (J. Harrison) // Acc. No.: 64/213 // Group: HARVESTING – FRUIT – picking // Neg. no.: 60/5934 // Place of origin: Huntingdonshire // Period in use: 1964 // DESCRIPTION // Materials: White & brown willow. // Shape and construction: Round basket. Slewed. Lower 9” & bottom in white willow. Stakes & top 3 1/2” brown willow. Border 5-behind-2. 2 Handles on the border, roped brown willow. 5 sticks + 1 bye-stick. 21 stakes. // Dimensions: Diameter top: 16” Height: 14” // Use: For picking hard fruit. // Dialect names: // Distribution: Cambridge & Hunts. // Additional notes: see PWH. 13. & 17.'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_5934.tif - High resolution image
- L:\MERL\Objects\Baskets\64_213_cob.tif - High resolution image
