Late 19th Century Large Size Low Profile Flat Top Antique Trunk For Sale! Fantastic Highly Grained Pine Wood Body and Red Oak Wood Slats Contrast Beautifully with the Polished Silvery Heavy Duty Hardware Makes this Antique Trunk a Real Show Stopper. The All Original Heavy Duty Hardware Has had the Black Japanning Removed and then Carefully Hand Polished. Front Latches Having Built-in Lid Lifts, Protective Edge Guards, Lid Guides, and Leather Trim Offers both Great Character and Durability to this Trunk. Non-working Lock. Remnants of Leather Straps and Buckles were Kept. New End Caps with New Leather Handles. |
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31"L x 18"D x 12"H A fantastic antique trunk with a stunning contrast between the heavy duty original scrubbed and polished hardware and the deep rich natural pine and oak woods. |
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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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