EXHIBIT 21.1 
                                    SUBSIDIARIES 

     
                              Jurisdiction 
                                   of 
      Name                    Organization                  Ownership 
      ----                    ------------                  --------- 
                                                
Anchor Hocking Corporation    Delaware                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company 

Counselor Borg Scale Company  Delaware                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Anchor Hocking Corporation


Eberhard Faber, Inc.          Delaware                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Faber-Castell Corporation 

Eberhard Faber, Inc.          New Jersey              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Faber-Castell Corporation 

Fabell Corporation            New Jersey              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Faber-Castell Corporation 

Faber-Castell Canada Ltd.     Ontario, Canada         100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Faber-Castell Corporation 

Faber-Castell Corporation     New Jersey              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Faber-Castell Domestic        New Jersey              100% of stock owned by 
  International Corporation                           Faber-Castell Corporation 

Goody Products, Inc.          Delaware                100% of stock owned by  
                                                      Newell Co. 

Intercraft Company            Delaware                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Lee-Rowan Company             Missouri                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Newell Finance Company        Delaware                100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company 

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                              SUBSIDIARIES, CONTINUED 

                              Jurisdiction 
                                   of 
      Name                    Organization                  Ownership 
      ----                    ------------                  --------- 

Newell Holdings France S.A.S.   France                1% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company; 
                                                      99% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Investments Inc. 
Newell Holdings U.K. Limited    United Kingdom        100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Investments Inc. 

Newell Iberica S.A.             Spain                 100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell S.A. 

Newell Industries Canada, Inc.  Ontario, Canada       100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company 

Newell International            Jamaica               100% of stock owned by 
  Corporation Limited                                 Newell Co. 

Newell Investment Co. Limited   Ontario, Canada       100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Newell Investments Inc.         Delaware              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company 

Newell Limited                  United Kingdom        100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Holdings U.K. 
                                                      Limited 

Newell Operating Company        Delaware              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Newell Puerto Rico, Ltd.        Delaware              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Anchor Hocking Corporation

Newell S.A.                     France                99% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Holdings France 
                                                      S.A.S.; Remaining 1% owned
                                                      by nominees as required by
                                                      statute. 

Newell S.p.A.                   Italy                 100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell S.A. 

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                              SUBSIDIARIES, CONTINUED 

                              Jurisdiction 
                                   of 
      Name                    Organization                  Ownership 
      ----                    ------------                  --------- 

Newell Window Furnishings, Inc. Delaware              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Operating Company 

NSM Industries, Inc.            New Jersey            100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Faber-Castell Corporation 

N.V. Newell Benelux S.A.        Belgium               99% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell S.A.; Remaining 1% 
                                                      owned by nominees as 
                                                      required by statute 

Plastics, Inc.                  Delaware              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Anchor Hocking Corporation


Sanford Corporation             Illinois              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 

Sterling Plastics Co.           New Jersey            100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Sanford Corporation 

Stuart Hall Company, Inc.       Missouri              100% of stock owned by 
                                                      Newell Co. 
     




















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