Skep
Category
Wooden objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Straw
Measurements
229 mm (H)190 mm (Diameter)440 mm (H)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335743
Summary
Basket; Skep - Small bee-hive (skep) with weather protector. Skep made of wound straw rope secured by thongs. Protector is a bundle of straw. CPW Item 407 - 'From agricultural show, Glos.'
Provenance
CPW Item 407 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.