| Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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| Huge and Substantial Late 19th Century (1890s - early 1900s) All Wood Antique Flat Top Trunk the Slightest of Roll and a MOST Unique Feature Which Raises the Lift Out Tray Providing Easy Access to Items in the Trunk. Finished in a Natural Pine with Varying Shades of Reds, Browns, and Golds on the Pine Wood Body and Wide Red Oak Wood Slats. The Polished Cast Iron Hardware with Remnants of the Black Japanning and Nail Heads Contrast Beautifully Against the 100+ Year Old Woods. The Hardware Consists of Front Latches with Built-in Lid Lifts, Lid Guides, Edge Guards, and 4 Heavy Duty Rear Hinges! Original End Caps with Built-in Lid Guides and New Leather Handles. The Frame and Tray Lift Mechanism is the First We Have Ever Seen and Works Perfectly Great. Large Swirl Impressions Left in the Wood and Clearly Visible From the First Cut at the Saw Mill! Patent Date on the Brass Lock is: Dec 6, 1892. Working Brass Lock and Key! |
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38"L x 23"D x 27"H One of the largest and most unique antique flat top trunks we have restored! High enough that this could even be used as a small table! The tray mechanism which raises and lowers the lift out tray is just too kewl and neat! This would be a focal point in any room or accent piece in any contemporary home or for a mid to late-19th century decor. |
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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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