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A Sussex "trug" basket in a Kentish garden. Irises in the border at Sissinghurst. The making of trug baskets is a Sussex industry. The word may have come originally from the Saxon "trog" which would have been a hollowed out wooden vessel. Used as baskets for carrying and measuring produce, the traditional Sussex trugs have an outer frame, the rim and handle made of Sweet Chestnut with slats of shaved Willow laid in and pinned.
Queen Victoria was charmed by the "trug" when she saw them exhibited at Prince Albert's Great Exhibition in 1851 and ordered a variety of sizes for members of her Royal Family.
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A Sussex "trug" basket in a Kentish garden. Irises in the border at Sissinghurst. The making of trug baskets is a Sussex industry. The word may have come originally from the Saxon "trog" which would have been a hollowed out wooden vessel. Used as baskets for carrying and measuring produce, the traditional Sussex trugs have an outer frame, the rim and handle made of Sweet Chestnut with slats of shaved Willow laid in and pinned.
Queen Victoria was charmed by the "trug" when she saw them exhibited at Prince Albert's Great Exhibition in 1851 and ordered a variety of sizes for members of her Royal Family.