C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint baseball hits tracker porous wood

porous wood

and great rough surface

I would add a wire to the back and hang it on the wall straight away

which I'll take it as standing tall for democracy

C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint baseball hits tracker porous woodRare, smart looking, and useful too, this tabletop scale painted wicker hamper, a salesman sample I am pretty certain, was made by the F. A. Whitney Carriage Company of Leominster, MA founded in 1858 and the first manufacturers of baby carriages in America. The company seems mostly to have stuck to its guns, continuing to make carriages for children and dolls, though also, in the first half of the 20th century, a few varieties of hampers, including