C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer with much aging to the

with much aging to the metal giving it a (to my eye) beautifully crusty surface

minty green and white with black for the eye and beak

I wonder who decided that the world needed green candles in the shapes of asparagus and broccoli… but aren't we glad that they did

which I closed up with a bit of archival tape just to keep it from flapping open

or in the air

C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint lemon reamer with much aging to theRare, 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