- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Oval basket of split straw. A slightly rounded base. For the lid see 1948.3.15 .4 [RM [OPS move] 16/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- England Essex Radwinter
- Cultural groups
- English
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1858
- Date collected
- By 1948
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1948
- Materials and processes
- Material Straw Fibre Plant, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Height: max 100 mm, Length: max 132 mm, Width: max 112 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1948.3.15.3
- Research and responses
Radwinter is equidistant between the market town of Saffron Walden (Essex) and Haverhill (Suffolk). [AP 20/06/2006]
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