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

porous wood

with the instruction that on fair days the woman should be turned into the sun

or on the desk to toss around while thinking--or a nice thing to start collecting and fill a big bowl with

located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall

and great rough surface

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