Harvest Basket | Amish Garden & Produce Basket w/Leather Handles
Handcrafted Quality: Handwoven from rattan reed over a solid hardwood bottom by the Mast family, Old Order Amish basket makers, and signed by the weaver who made it. No two baskets are exactly alike. A True Garden Harvest Basket: The sides are deep, so apples stay put on the walk in from the garden. One customer used hers "in the garden to bring in daily pickings of herbs and vegetables," then set it straight on the counter. Sized for the Counter: Measures 11" x 7" and stands 6" tall, with inside measurements about an inch smaller. Roomy enough for a counter's worth of produce, small enough to live on the kitchen table or island. Genuine Steerhide Handles: Hand cut, hand rolled, and riveted in place from US steerhide. Reviewers mention them unprompted, "the color of the leather handles is beautiful, and they are affixed so well." Three Trim Choices: Plain, Wine & Blue, or Wine & Green woven trim. The wood carries a warm reddish tint and the leather is a deep burgundy, often deeper in person than photos suggest. More Than a Fruit Holder: Customers keep vitamins and medications in it on the kitchen island, corral potatoes, garlic, and onions in the pantry, and tote sewing fabric in it. Deep, sturdy, and not fussy about the job. Optional Extras, Only If You Like: A cloth liner in Cream, Wine, Blue, or Green, an engraved brass plate, and protective feet are all offered on this page. Every one is optional, and the basket comes complete without them. American Heritage: Handcrafted by Old Order Amish families on the Iowa-Missouri border, signed by the weaver, and backed by our lifetime guarantee. Free shipping on every order. A good harvest basket lives in two places, the garden and the kitchen, and this one was woven for both. One customer told us she used it in the garden to bring in daily pickings of herbs and vegetables, and that is exactly the life it was made for. It serves just as well as a vegetable basket by the sink or a produce basket on the counter, ready for whatever the season hands you. The deep sides matter more than you might think. As one reviewer put it, "It's deep so apples don't roll out," and a full load rides level on those riveted leather handles. We will save you the emails our support desk gets most often. The exact size is 11 inches by 7 inches, standing 6 inches tall, and inside measurements run about an inch smaller than the outside. The wood carries a warm reddish tint and the leather is a deep burgundy, so if your kitchen leans cool and gray, know that this woven fruit basket brings warm color with it. The handles are genuine US steerhide, hand cut, hand rolled, and riveted in place, and customers tell us they are "affixed so well." And no, we do not offer a flat or mesh cover to keep fruit flies out, so plan on rotating ripe fruit the way you would with any open wicker fruit basket. Here is something our reviews taught us: fewer than half the folks who buy this basket actually use it for fruit. It starts out as a fruit basket for the kitchen, then finds its real job. One family keeps their RX meds, vitamins, and OTC medications in it on the kitchen island. Another customer said it "fits all my bottles of vitamins." One reviewer admitted it was "almost too nice to store potatoes garlic and onions in, but that's what I plan on using it for." Clean washcloths in the bathroom, fall mums in a bay window, fabric in the sewing room. Plenty arrive as gifts too, filled with fruit or cookies, and the basket stays on long after the goodies are gone. Call it a fruit holder if you like. It will not hold that title for long. The Mast family weaves these on Amish farms along the Iowa-Missouri border, and every basket leaves their hands signed by its weaver. Harvest baskets come and go in the decor catalogs, but this one is built to the older standard, rattan reed woven over a solid hardwood bottom, made to be filled and carried for decades. If it ever fails you, our lifetime guarantee makes it right, and returns are no questions asked (you cover the return postage). Shipping is free on every order. Fill it this season and let it earn its place for the next twenty.