Pump basket - Specimen details

Pump basket - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 91821

Plant Name 160.00 SALICACEAE Salix sp Entry Book Number 10.2011
Artefact Name Pump basket Vernacular Name
Iso Country United Kingdom TDWG Region United Kingdom
Parts Held Pump basket Geography Description Wrentham, Suffolk
Uses Pump basketUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Bichard M Donor No E180
Donor Date 00/00/2011 Donor Notes Acquired from makers F and E Philpot, Wrentham Basketware, Suffolk, at Art in Action, Waterperry, Oxford. Donor has heard that such baskets still in use in England (2011)
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date 00/07/1991
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Used by firemen when drawing water from a pond. End of hose would be placed in basket (perhaps with fabric lining) to filter out extraneous material

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