Longaberger St. Patrick's Day Clover & Irish Festival 3-Piece Basket Collection

A beautifully curated 3-piece themed estate collection of officially licensed, hand-woven hardwood containers celebrating Irish heritage and St. Patrick’s Day, produced by Longaberger Baskets of Dresden, Ohio. This highly collectible lot features limited-edition holiday and campaign pieces, complete with custom graphic lids, multi-layered fabric shamrock trims, clear protective liners, and individual weaver signatures.
Lot Items & Details
2012 “Irish Festival” Square Box Basket & Lid: An exceptional square-profile box basket beautifully hand-assembled from warm natural maple splints, detailed with a layered bottom tracking grid alternating lime green and forest green stained staves.
Accessories: Outfitted with a high, single overhead green-stained wood swing handle. Includes a premium WoodCrafts solid lid finished with a smooth natural top and an integrated green-stained wood knob handle. Outfitted with an incredible over-the-rim white linen fabric liner beautifully decorated with a full perimeter collar of individual layered, stitched felt three-leaf clover appliques in varying shades of emerald and sage green. Includes a high-clarity clear plastic interior protective liner.
Markings: The base runner understructure features a specialized campaign stamp and is hand-signed by the weaver with initials CEM, explicitly dated 2012.
1999 Shamrock Round Bowl Basket & Charm: A charming round, bowl-profile market basket featuring a deep natural plain weave body, wrapped cleanly with a forest green dyed top trim band and matching green lower accent tracking splints.
Accessories: Equipped with a high, single overhead wood swing handle. Outfitted with an over-the-rim fabric liner styled in a green-and-white country gingham check background printed with a dense pattern of green clover bundles and shamrocks. Features an original ceramic three-leaf clover collector’s tie-on charm suspended from the front face by a white ribbon. Includes a form-fitting clear plastic interior protective liner track.
Markings: Stamped cleanly on the bottom runner panel with the corporate manufacturer logo, hand-signed with the artisan’s signature initials HLO, and explicitly dated 1999.
1994 Miniature St. Patrick’s Day Square Basket: A rare early-period miniature square basket handcrafted from warm natural maple hardwoods, accented by dual horizontal bands of forest green dyed accent weaving tracking around the center body.
Accessories: Equipped with an overhead wood swing handle. Outfitted with an expansive over-the-rim fabric liner styled in a matching green shamrock print with a heavily ruffled, scalloped green piped collar. Includes a square form-fitting clear plastic interior protector liner.
Markings: The base features a specialized early-edition campaign stamp and is hand-signed by the weaver with initials KL, explicitly dated 1994.
Condition Report
Weave & Woodwork: Exceptional, mint collector-grade condition across all three items. The woven hardwood splints remain perfectly tight, uniform, and completely free of chips, splits, fracture lines, or structural fading. All wood bases are flat, clean, and sturdy. The solid wood lid fits completely flush against the basket rim, and the wood knob handle is firmly anchored.
Liners, Fabrics & Plastics: The specialized felt clover applique trim, shamrock print textiles, and fabric components are crisp, dry, completely un-faded, and free of storage dust, fraying, or stains. All clear plastic interior protective inserts are bright, highly transparent, and entirely free of warping, clouding, or cracking. The ceramic clover tie-on charm is pristine with bright paint and zero crazing.