Huge Size 130+ Year Old All Wood Dome Top Restored Antique Trunk w/ a Beautiful Rich Patina of Deep Reds, Browns, Yellows of the Pine Body and Oak Wood Slats - Lots of character. Original black japanned hardware and tin sheathing. Swirl Impressions Left in the Wood from the Original Cuts at the Sawmill. No Liftout Tray, New Leather Handles and End Caps. Working Lock, No Key - #358 |
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36"L x 20"D x 24"H A solidly built 130 year old antique trunk with patent dated unique front latches July 1 1873. Perfect to Re-Purpose as a Military or Navy Retirement Shadow Box |
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Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
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