EXHIBIT 21 


                       SUBSIDIARIES OF STANHOME INC.
  


                                                          
                                    Jurisdiction        Other Names Under    
 Name                               of Organization     Which Business is Conducted 
 
 Collector Appreciation, Inc.          Delaware 
  
 Cosmhogar, S.A.                       Spain 
  
 Enesco Corporation                    Ohio             The Back Door Store
                                                        Via Vermont 
 Enesco European Giftware Group  
    Limited                            England 
  
 Enesco France, S.A.                   France 
  
 Enesco Import GmbH                    Germany 
  
 Enesco International Ltd.             Delaware 
  
 Enesco International (H.K)  
    Limited                            Hong Kong  
  
 Enesco Worldwide Holdings, Inc.       Delaware   
  
 N.C. Cameron & Sons Limited           Ontario, Canada 
  
 Stanhome Capital, Inc.                Delaware        
  
 Stanhome European Development  
    Center, S.A.                       Spain 
  
 Stanhome plc                          England 
  
 Stanhome Worldwide Direct 
    Selling Group, Inc.                Delaware 
  
 Via Vermont, S.A. de C.V.             Mexico 
  

 
  
  
 All of the above-listed subsidiaries are included in the Company's
 consolidated financial statements for all of both 1996 and 1997, except 
 for Enesco France, S.A.(previously Permis de Construire S.A.), which was
 acquired in March, 1996.