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Basket, potato
This potato basket, also known as a trug or a chestnut spale basket, was made by Thomas Smith and Son of Herstmonceux, Sussex. It is made of chestnut spale with a hazel handle. These baskets were commonly used in Kent for harvesting potatoes.
Contributors
- Thomas Smith & Son
Subject
- Kent
- HARVESTING : pulling and lifting
- Potato
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
Type of item
- Basket, potato
Date
- /1952
Contributors
- Thomas Smith & Son
Subject
- Kent
- HARVESTING : pulling and lifting
- Potato
- CRAFTS : wood-working
- Basketry
Type of item
- Basket, potato
Date
- /1952
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
- 66/345/1
- 12210
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/Museu/ProvidedCHO/Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading/12210
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