In the next day or so we will be taking delivery of our new stock from the USA. The shipment has the last available of the Old Woollen Mill Skip Baskets in it. They are extremely hard to come by & were all handmade in France then exported to the UK to use in the Woollen factories throughout the Industrial Era. The Old Mills have now closed but these baskets are so gorgeous, held together with sheep gut hinging & old leather workers belts, even hand beaten metal strapping rusting with age to give character. Some have Mill stamps, some with Lot numbers, some just plain. These just can't be reproduced today with all that patina & charm (and lanolin!). We feel very fortunate that they were sourced for us & I hate letting them go but still love to share.....sometimes! Limited supply only, once gone that's it, the end of our Industrial Heritage.....
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| Photo taken under an Old Oak Tree in the USA Limited supply of these from Picket Fence Imports. |
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