Gurry

A large rectangular box on squat legs with long carrying poles fixed to each side, holding about six hundreds of pilchards.

Where the cowel solved the problem of one person carrying a load, the gurry solved the problem of carrying twice as much. Two men took the poles and bore it stretcher-fashion between them, and the squat legs meant it could be set down on the beach without spilling. It was used chiefly at St Ives, carrying fish from the boats to the curing cellars, and remained in regular use into the photographic era, appearing in a good many images of the St Ives fish market alongside stacked maunds.