Longaberger Christmas Collection Lot – 1997 Snowflake & 2006 Nature's Garland Baskets

A festive 2-piece estate lot of officially licensed, hand-woven holiday baskets from the annual Christmas Collection series produced by Longaberger Baskets of Dresden, Ohio. This collectible holiday pairing features coordinating custom holly fabric linings, clear protective structural liners, and original campaign literature.
Lot Items & Details
Basket 1: 1997 Christmas Collection “Snowflake” Basket: A large, rectangular family-size utility basket hand-assembled from natural maple splints. Features an overhead wood swing handle.
Accessories: Outfitted with a festive over-the-rim cream fabric liner decorated with a repeating print of green holly leaves and red berries, finished with a large integrated fabric bow on the front face. Includes a form-fitting clear plastic interior protective liner.
Markings: The base underside is clearly branded with the official “Longaberger Baskets / Handwoven / Dresden, Ohio USA” logo stamp, hand-signed with the artisan’s signature initials EJW, and explicitly dated 1997.
Basket 2: 2006 Christmas Collection “Nature’s Garland” Basket: An elegant oval-shaped market basket styled with a dynamic weave pattern featuring a dyed forest green trim band along the upper body. Equipped with dual interlocking wood swing handles secured by polished silver-tone rivets.
Accessories: Outfitted with a matching holiday holly-and-berry print ruffled fabric liner and a high-clarity clear plastic interior protector liner. Includes its original multi-page Longaberger informational product booklet and greeting insert card.
Markings: Features a bright brass nameplate on the front trim engraved with “Longaberger® Christmas Collection™ 2006 Edition Nature’s Garland Basket”. The smooth wood base plate is stamped underneath with the official corporate campaign emblems and hand-signed by the weaver.
Condition Report
Weave & Structure: Exceptional, collector-grade condition across both pieces. The woven hardwood splints are tight, uniform, and completely free of cracks, structural splits, or loose ends. All wood swing handles are robust and pivot smoothly.
Liners & Accessories: Both coordinating fabric liners are pristine, clean, bright, and completely free of fading, fraying, or storage stains. The clear plastic protective insert liners are free of clouding or scratches, and the brass nameplate is bright with zero oxidation.