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| Large All Wood 120+ Year Old Dome Top Antique Trunk For Sale with a Beautiful Rich Natural Finish to the Pine Wood Body Along with Plenty of Wide Red Oak Wood Slats. This Trunk Was Originally Covered in Handtooled Leather with Remnants Being Saved. The Heavy Duty Cast Iron Hardware Retains Much of the Original Black Japanning. All of the Wide Oak Wood Slats and the Top Hardware Securing Clamps Have Been Sanded and Polished to Reveal the Beautiful Oak Wood Grain and Fantastic Design on the Cast Iron Clamps. The Heavy Duty Hardware Consists Of Front Latches with One Having Lost Tension, Edge Guards for Protection, Front Lid Lift, Intricate Design on the Working Lock. The Body is Constructed Using Extra Large Pine Wood Planks and Has Great Character to the Grain and Patina. New End Caps and Leather Handles. Original Makers Label Affixed Under the Lid: "Franklin Williams & Co. Manufacturers, 106 (102) North Howard Street, Between Fayette and Lexington Streets, Baltimore"! Beautiful Working Lock and Key! |
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34"L x 21"D x 28"H A beautiful dome top trunk which would be a focal point in any room it is placed in. Has all of the sought after features: working lock and key, makers label, beautiful cast iron polished hardware, high arch to the dome. Perfect for almost any use in a contemporary home, but particularly suited as a statement piece. Would also make a great Miitary or Naval Retirement Gift Shadow Box! |
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| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique 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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