Longaberger 1997 Hostess Appreciation Banker's Waste Basket with Green Stripe Liner

An exceptional, highly collectible home utility piece featuring the 1997 Hostess Appreciation Banker’s Waste Basket produced by Longaberger Baskets of Dresden, Ohio. This tall, tapered floor container was issued as a premium incentive item specifically for corporate home show hostesses, making it a scarcer and highly sought-after utility shape for regional enthusiasts and collectors.
Product Specifications & Features
Weave Structure: Robustly hand-assembled with heavy-gauge natural maple hardwood splints, showcasing a deep, tapered cylinder profile engineered for floor or fireside utilization. Features an extra-wide, pivoting overhead wood swing handle secured to the rim with solid copper rivets for easy transport.
Green Candy Stripe Liner: Outfitted with an official tailored, over-the-rim forest green and crisp white vertical candy-stripe pattern fabric liner. The front collar features a beautifully styled, integrated matching fabric bow ribbon element, while the upper band is tightly gathered into an elegant ruffled perimeter cuff.
Protective Insert Track: Includes its heavy-duty, high-clarity form-fitting clear plastic interior protective liner. The clear base preserves the natural wood interior from moisture, dust, or trash debris.
Dimensions
Height: Stands approximately 14 inches tall (measured directly against the background leveling guide).
Top Rim Diameter: Measures roughly 12 inches across.
Markings & Literature
Authentic Story Booklet: Retains its original full-color multi-page product story pamphlet showing a close-up of a workshop mold assembly. The footer is stenciled with the official catalog model text reading “Classic Baskets™ / Longaberger® / Hostess Banker’s Waste™ 14761”.
Factory Protector Label: The underside of the high-clarity plastic insert retains its original adhesive retail barcode inventory sticker reading: “REMOVE LABEL – SEE WARNING ON BOTTOM / PROTECTOR-BANKER’S WASTE / 41017”.
Base Understructure: The smooth, wide interlocking wood base panels are clearly branded with the official corporate “Longaberger Baskets® / Handwoven / Dresden, Ohio USA” logo stamp. It is hand-signed with the unique weaver identification initials LMM and explicitly dated 1997.
Condition Report
Weave & Woodwork: Excellent, pristine collector-grade condition. The hardwood splints remain perfectly tight, uniform, and completely free of chips, splits, fracture lines, or water stains. The high-profile overhead swing handle pivots smoothly without catching, and the copper rivets are tight.
Liner & Plastics: The specialized green stripe fabric liner is crisp, dry, completely un-faded, and free of storage dust, edge fraying, or stains. The clear plastic interior protector is exceptionally bright, transparent, and entirely free of warping, cracks, or heavy utility scratching. The original factory paper pamphlets and barcode labels remain sharp and fully legible.