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Catalog Number |
BE2001.1.586 |
Object Name |
Basket |
Description |
A rectangular woven wicker and branch basket with a removable unattached wooden lid. The sides of the basket are woven of wicker but the bottom seems to be made of grapevine or twigs. The four corners are reinforced with wood. The back and one side have brown painted letters although unable to read. The inside back has a piece of wood wired to the wicker which is covered with a striped burlap-like fabric. The fabric is striped shades of brown and green. The lid is made of four pieces of wood nailed to two slats of wood underneath. The wooden slats are covered with a padded pink and linen pad which is affixed by grey metal buttons, eight in total. A pink and linen rectangular padded cushion that fits into the bottom of the basket. The padding is open at one end. |
Year Range from |
1870 |
Year Range to |
1880 |
Artist |
Skynner, Willie |
Dimensions |
H-26 W-37 L-61 cm |
History |
This basket originally was made and belonged to William Jarvis 'Uncle Willie' Skynner. The basket was meant to hold items for Willie's unborn baby. William married Sarah Keech Gilbert in December of 1890. Sadly both the mother and child died in childbirth in Sudbury, Ontario on May 29th, 1893. Willie would later give the basket to Barbara's mother, Annie Harris. Willie Skynner was the grandson of Commander Skynner whose home is The Anchorage located at Bradley Museum. Barbara Larson recalls "he remained a lonely man who very occasionally visited Benares and I was very fond of him though he teased me and sent me a cabbage and said it was an orchid and that I must take good care of it!" |
People |
Skynner, William (Willie) Sayers, Annie Harris |