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Basket, picnic
This is a 'flail' or ‘frail’ basket of plaited rush with leather covered handles. It was made in Suffolk and used by the donor’s father’s labourers at Bryers Farm in Hawstead, Suffolk. It was used by farm workers to carry their meals – breakfast, elevenses, fourses and ‘beaver’ (a meal eaten by farm workers out in the open between breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner) – and was large enough to …
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
- DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : serving, eating and drinking
- PERSONAL LIFE : accessories - practical
Type of item
- Basket, picnic
Date
- 1897/1901
- 1897/1901
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
- DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : serving, eating and drinking
- PERSONAL LIFE : accessories - practical
Type of item
- Basket, picnic
Date
- 1897/1901
- 1897/1901
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Places
- Suffolk
- Suffolk
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 57/168
- 8865
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/8865
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T17:42:02.671Z