[MR] Baskets, chests

[Garth G. Groff]

Friends,

For some time I've been looking for a round-topped chest to carry our 
feast gear and other junk in to events. I have a small one of these 
chests, picked up to use as a pirate's chest for a treasure hunt, but it 
is small. I haven't been able to locate anything like this, except for 
some really bad looking stain-it-yourself toy boxes at Michaels. I have 
been checking Michaels (which used to sell something like what I want) 
World Market, Pier One, Marshalls, Big Lots (where my small chest came 
from), and several other places, but no such luck. I've also checked 
online at Overstock.com, but the only there are some very expensive 
Peruvian leather covered chests. I am open to ideas of you might have.

Yesterday I was looking at some willow hampers with separate tops at 
World Market. Can anyone comment on whether something like this would be 
appropriate for the late 15th century?

Kind regards,


Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge
(mka Garth Groff)