Part of Currier and Ive's Preparing For Market
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"In our markets we always hear round baskets with slats at the sides uniformly well spoken of." From The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste, Volume 24 1869
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small berry basket
"The baskets are made of thin veneering and are represented by fig 1. They are hexagonal and three and a half inches deep and four and a half inches in diameter. Three pieces, each nearly two inches wide, and eight and a half inches long, cross at the bottom, are slightly split at the side, and are secured at the top by narrow strips passing around on each side the upright piece,s and fastened by small nails." From The Cultivator & country gentleman, Volumes 33-34 1869
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