Guernsey Tomato Basket Rope straps are spliced onto

Rope straps are spliced onto the basket border at the back

his grandfather

One really interesting basket in the National Trust of Guernsey collection features wire doubled alongside the main willow ribs

53 cm width at widest point

Tied over the stern of the boat to allow seawater to run through and keep the sandeels fresh

Guernsey Tomato Basket Rope straps are spliced ontoGuernsey Tomato Baskets were traditionally made to export tomatoes off island until about the 1930s, when non returnable wooden chip baskets took over the job. In his book Baskets of Europe Maurice Bichard explains how these baskets were made in France in huge quantities. When full of tomatoes they were shipped from Guernsey to the UK. The empty baskets were then packed together in fours and returned to the vinaries to be reused up to 15 times. These