On View
Not on viewBaskets
Dateca. 1840
Dimensions6.98 × 15.86 × 10.15 cm (2 3/4 × 6 1/4 × 4 in.)
MarkingsLabel: "Given by Mrs. T. Quincy Brown/ Basket and bible were her father's/ W.W. Whieldon."
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Quincy Brown
Object numberPER1176
DescriptionSmall split ash basket, stamp decorated, lined with newspaper. Swabbed with dye, then stamped with designs cut from a potato or the top of a cork. One handle has broken off; one remains attached to short side. Newspaper dated c. 1840. Originally contained a small bible marked "Juliet E. Whieldon" (B1815) and a pair of spectacles in red leather case (Per760).
Object number: PER1307G
Object number: H1823