Longaberger is an established and trusted name as far as handcrafted baskets, pottery, wrought iron, fabric accessories, specialty foods and other home and lifestyle products go. The story of how the Longaberger Company came into being is very interesting. The Longaberger Company was started by J.W. Longaberger and his wife. The company initially dealt only in handcrafted baskets. Their fifth son, Dave Longaberger, who later took over the helm of affairs, expanded the business and ventured into arenas such as pottery, restaurants, life style and others. After Dave, it was his daughter Tami who managed the Longaberger Company. Longaberger offers a range of potteries for household purposes. Their range of potteries is termed as Tabletop that features woven traditions pottery, vintage vine and tabletop. The woven traditions are so named, since they have woven patterns on the crockery. The vintage vine range of crockery includes dinnerware sets, dinner plates, lunch plates, mugs, oval serving bowl, oval serving platter, pitcher, soup and salad bowl etc. The vintage vine crockery design is a combination of American and European styles. The ironstone pottery of the 1800s, from Europe, has highly influenced the design of the vintage vine range, which is available in cream and misty blue colors. Tabletop consists of tumblers, glasses, and candles etc. that come in decorative patterns and are very pleasing to the eye. Today, Longaberger is one of America's premier makers of handcrafted baskets and potteries. The Longaberger Company is based at Newark, Ohio, and has many subsidiary home consultants located all over the country. Longaberger sells products to consumers on a direct marketing basis.