Guernsey Tomato Basket The empty baskets were then

The empty baskets were then packed together in fours and returned to the vinaries to be reused up to 15 times

Folk Museum collection

In his book ‘Baskets of Europe’ Maurice Bichard explains how these baskets were made in France in huge quantities

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

as well as 19th-century examples made entirely with willow ribs

Guernsey Tomato Basket The empty baskets were thenGuernsey 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