Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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This is another STUNNING Trunk Finished in a Deep Rich Dark Red Mahogany! Large All Wood Mid-Late 19th Century (1870s-1890s) Humpback or Dome top Antique Trunk For Sale Also With That Sought After "High Arch" Providing That Distinctive Piratey Look! The Body Has Been Stained in a Rich Dark Red Cherry Finish Along with Red Oak Wood Slats. The Oak Slats Were Originally Covered in a Thick Black Japanning and When Removed It Revealed the Beautiful Grain to this 120+ Year Old Seasoned Oak. This Dome Top Has Extra Thick Pine Board Planking and Heavy Duty Cast Iron Hardware Which Has Been Polished Revealing their Beautiful Detail and Brilliant Design. The Dated Working Lock (no key) is Stamped: "March 1869". The Polished Heavy Duty Cast Iron Hardware Was Initially Covered in a Protective Black Japanning That Was Carefully Removed During Restoration and Then Hand Polished Revealing All of the Beauty. This Antique Trunk Also Offers Nicely Polished Silver Buttons on the Front Face and Top, Unique Heavy Duty Rear Hinges with a Fantastic Design, Original End Caps with New Leather Handles, Polished Oak Slat Clamps All With Detailed Designs. The Contrasting Between the Mahogany Body, Oak Wood Slats, and Polished Nail Heads and Cast Iron Hardware is Phenomenal!!! This Restored Antique Trunk Also Has the Original Victorian Lithograph of Young Girl on a Swing with Her Mother Along with a Nicely Detailed Lithographic Border That Have Been Professionally Sealed Providing Long-Lasting Protection to the 120+ Year Old Lithographic Paper Coverings. |
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34"L x 20"D x 26"H Another A MUST SEE! A heavy Duty and well-constructed made of heavy duty pine boards and cast iron hardware all of which has been sanded, stained a rich dark red mahogany, and polished! Lots of period features on this one and would be a focal point in any room it is in. This restored antique trunk would make a perfect Military, Army, Air Force, Marine or Navy Retirement Gift Shadow Box Idea To Dramatically Yet Safely Display Ones Many Years of Service. NOTE: For aesthetic and decor purposes the Dark Red Mahogany shows being a brighter red in the sunlit photos than is actually the case. |
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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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