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Basket, gardening
This small oval trug (size 2) has a chestnut frame and handle, with willow slats and copper nails. Trugs, widely used in gardening, are an unusual type of basket in that they are ‘assembled’ rather than woven, the pieces being nailed together. This trug was used for picking strawberries and soft fruits. Nearly all trug baskets are made in Hertsmonceux, East Sussex. The making of trugs was revived …
Contributors
- Thomas Smith & Son
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
- DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : gardening
Type of item
- Basket, gardening
Date
- 1945/1960
- 1945/1960
Contributors
- Thomas Smith & Son
Subject
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
- DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE : gardening
Type of item
- Basket, gardening
Date
- 1945/1960
- 1945/1960
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Places
- Herstmonceux
- Herstmonceux
- United Kingdom
Provenance
- Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Identifier
- 60/769
- 10114
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/10114
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-07-31T16:24:45.971Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-10-18T15:44:57.982Z