Description

Rectangle metal waste basket with wood grain & footed detail.

F.H. Lawson Co., Cincinnati, produced metal trash cans and garbage pails. The company was founded in 1816 and had a successful run for several decades. However, it became burdened by financial difficulties that were precipitated by a leveraged buyout in the 1970s, and F.H. Lawson Co. finally ceased operations in early 1988. The Witt Co., Cincinnati, whose founding family had known the Lawson family for many years, purchased the remaining assets of the business later that

16.00" X 16.50" X 15.00"