Viaër Ponier à cou including differences in size

including differences in size

National Trust of Guernsey collection

There are one or two such examples in the

circumference at widest point 175 cm

Viaër Ponier à cou including differences in sizeMy family my father, his grandfather, and his great uncle all made ponier cou (traditional Guernsey fishing, or ormering, baskets) using wire frames. This basket which I am calling Le Viar Ponier Cou is made with buff willow ribs, brittany green willow weavers and a hazel wood handle. In earlier generations, ponier cou would have been made in all willow. There are one or two such examples in the National Trust of Guernsey collection. Over time,