C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint chipmunks target The rectangular frames on each

The rectangular frames on each side hold small mirrors

which included a collection of several other Indonesian nutcrackers

both soon to die themselves

" the latter I believe the name of its maker

' published in 1862 and with a revised printing in 1872--but that does not seem to be the precise source

C. 1930s Whitney Carriage Co. Salesman Sample Wicker Hamper in Seafoam Green Paint chipmunks target The rectangular frames on eachRare, 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