Longaberger Christmas Collection Holiday Cheer & Tree Trimming 4-Piece Basket Lot

A festive, highly desirable 4-piece estate lot of officially licensed, hand-woven holiday containers from the annual Christmas Collection and Tree Trimming series produced by Longaberger Baskets of Dresden, Ohio. This beautifully coordinated seasonal ensemble brings together major milestone holiday releases spanning 1996 through 2008, all completely outfitted with matching festive fabric liners and clear plastic interior protective liners.
Lot Items & Details
1996 Christmas Collection “Holiday Cheer” Basket: A substantial, family-size rectangular market basket featuring an intricate weave that alternates natural maple splints with dual horizontal bands of dyed forest green splints. Equipped with dual interlocking wood swing handles secured by polished rivets.
Accessories: Fitted with an over-the-rim fabric liner printed in a classic green holly leaf and red winterberry motif with a heavily ruffled collar. Includes a form-fitting clear plastic interior protective liner.
Markings: Features a bright brass nameplate on the front rim engraved with “Longaberger® / Christmas Collection™ / 1996 Edition / Holiday Cheer Basket™”. The smooth wood base plate is hand-signed underneath by the basket artisan and explicitly dated 1996.
2008 Tree Trimming Miniature Christmas Basket: A small, square-profile countertop or desktop holiday basket hand-assembled from a decorative, vibrant colorway. Alternates natural maple splints with wide, interlocking vertical and horizontal strips of dyed holiday crimson red and forest green accent splints. Equipped with an overhead wood swing handle.
Accessories: Outfitted with a premium, plush hunter green fabric over-the-rim liner and a matching clear plastic interior protector liner.
Markings: The base understructure features a specialized campaign stamp reading “Longaberger® / Handmade Baskets / Est. Dresden, OH U.S.A.”. Hand-signed by the weaver and explicitly dated 2008.
2003 Holiday Novelty Small Basket: A charming, compact square basket featuring an intricate, tight natural maple weave layout.
Accessories: Outfitted with a festive light green fabric over-the-rim liner printed in a whimsical winter holiday cartoon motif showing decorated Christmas trees, stockings, candy canes, hot air balloons, and red ornaments, finished with a maroon braided trim edge. Includes a tight-fitting clear plastic interior protector.
Markings: Stamped underneath with official company logos, hand-signed with the artisan’s signature initials, and explicitly dated 2003.
Crimson Red Holiday Market Basket: A beautiful, rectangular low-profile utility basket finished entirely in a deep, rich over-dyed crimson red stain. The upper rim band is decorated with an elegant white screen-printed border stencil showing alternating snowflakes and seasonal winter tree profiles. Equipped with a single overhead red-stained wood swing handle. Includes a matching clear plastic interior protective liner.
Condition Report
Weave & Woodwork: Exceptional, collector-grade condition across all four pieces. The woven hardwood splints remain perfectly tight, uniform, and completely free of cracks, structural splits, or loose ends. All wood swing handles are robust and pivot cleanly. The front brass nameplate on the 1996 model is highly polished with zero oxidation.
Liners & Plastics: All specialized fabric liners are crisp, dry, completely un-faded, and free of storage dust, fraying, or stains. The clear plastic interior protective liners are bright, transparent, and entirely free of warping or cracking.