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

approx 4 3/4" across with handle

but I'm really taken with it

which redirects air from the hole in the mouthpiece

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