Skep
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass, Straw
Measurements
210 mm (H)229 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335742
Summary
Basket; Skep - Small bee-hive skep made of wound straw rope secured by thongs. Small glass window in the side protected by hinged brass door. CPW Item 406.
Provenance
CPW Item 406 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.