Each of these antique trunks were originally handcrafted and individually constructed with all wood and metal being produced with woodworking and metalworking handtools. The interior was originally covered in a thin protective paper which was removed during restoration. Removing the coverings revealed the beautiful patina which only 100+ year old seasoned pine and oak woods can achieve! All hardware was cleaned, lightly sanded, and polished. The exterior and interior woods and hardware were scrubbed with a bleach-based cleaning solution. left to dry, and then lightly sanded with a maritime spar varnish applied to all surfaces. All edge sheeting, hardware clamps, front latches, lid banding, and hinges were also cleaned and lightly polished. Our trunks have been restored in such a manner so as to be safely used within a contemporary home and can concievably last for another 100+ years as a pass on family heirloom from generation to generation. We also restore these trunks so as to easily re-purpose them into Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps or US Navy Retirement Shadow Box Gift Idea!
HUGE, Substantial and Impressive! Another RAREST of the RARE Trunk that We Only Get Every 4 or 5 Years Tops and ALWAYS Sought After! This Antique Restored Trunk Has Everything and EVERY FEATURE that an Investor and Serious Collector Would Want, Especially for Someone Who Wants to Begin a Family Heirloom and Legacy. Features Include: Mid 19th Century with Dated Hardware and Dated Brass Lock with Key: Oct 28, 1877, Mar 1869, and Apr 1877. Super Large and Heavy w/ Extra Thick Pine Planks and Oak Wood Slat Construction Showing a Fantastic Grain of the Woods. Polished "Silvery" Cast Iron Decorative Hardware Throughout Including Polished Nail Heads Which Contrast Beautifully Against the Blackened Sheet Tin and the Natural Honey-toned Patina of the Pine and Oak Woods That Only 140+ Years of Curing and Seasoning Can Achieve! All Hardware and Wood Surfaces Have Been Beautifully Preserved and Presented For the MOST Discriminating Collector and is Museum Quality, Investor Grade! Additonal Features Include Decorative Oak Slat Cast Iron Clamps, Heavy Duty Front Latches, Decorative Nailed-in Protective Pieces, Decorative Edge Guards, Front Lid Lift, Saw Mark Impressions Left in the Wood From the Initial Cut at the Sawmill, Original End Caps with New Leather Handles. Two Hidden Working Compartments Under the Lid. Original Lift-Out Tray w/ 2 Compartments with Working Doors. Lift-Out Tray Has the "Stay Up" Under-the-Lid Feature! AND THE FANTASTIC LITHOGRAPHS of a Stagecoach with Passengers, Small Children and Rowboat Fishing Scene, Portraits of Women in Period Dress! Working Brass Lock AND Key! |
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34"L x 21"D x 29"H This is another one that everyone looks and waits for! A fantastic restored trunk which would be the centerpiece and focal point in any room! This would not make for a good repurpose into a Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corp, Coast Guard, or Navy retirement shadow box! |
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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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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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