The waste paper basket belonged to Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov. During the poet’s lifetime, it was in his apartment in Saint Petersburg on Liteiny Prospekt.

After the death of Nikolay Alexeyevich, the waste paper basket was bought from his widow Zinaida Nikolaevna by his brother Fyodor Alexeyevich Nekrasov and transported to Karabikha. According to the memories of the poet’s niece Vera Fyodorovna Nekrasova, the basket stood in the study of the Manor House,

The basket is also present in the photograph made in 1904 showing the study of the house’s master.

The basket rests on a wide foot with an octagonal base. It has the shape of a vase. Eight sides with profiled cornices at the bottom and top are separated by laths. Inside each facet, on a fabric background, there is a carved wooden decorative piece in the form of a two-headed griffin, holding a coat of arms with the initials “NN” in the center. Similar monograms can be found on many of the poet’s personal belongings.

Nekrasov considered his personal belongings to be of special importance.

The waste paper basket was an important interior item for a study in Russia in the mid-19th century. Its design had to be matched with that of other household items: the desk, armchair, bookcases, writing cabinet and others.

After the nationalization of the estate in 1919, the waste paper basket was handed over to the Yaroslavl Museum of Local Lore. This exhibit returned to Karabikha when the local museum was established in 1947.