SEE TRUNK #859 #882 BELOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE!

The Pirate's Lair offers expert information on the trunks we offer and is the world's largest single source for Restored Antique Steamer Trunks and Antique Trunks in general. These beautifully restored authentic Dome Top (also known as hump back, humpback or camel back) and Flat Top Trunks are circa 1840 to 1900 and many have literally travelled around the world many times over before coming to you! All offered Antique Steamer Trunks have been carefully restored and refinished using the same craftsmanship, technique, and tools that were used during their original production. These Antique Steamer Trunks and Steamer Chests would make the perfect complement to any home decor as antique coffee tables, storing military uniforms and military memorabilia, unique family room storage cabinets for videos, CD's, or games, or for your traditional antique hope chest!

It is our fervent hope and desire that the care we have taken in restoring these antique steamer trunks will not only be useful in providing both beauty and function to its new owner, but will eventually become a family heirloom and legacy for coming generations. Anyone who has restored these steamer trunks knows that it truly is a labor of love, every one of them being different and unique. It would give us no small amount of pleasure to think that we not only were able to rescue and save these 100+ year old trunks, but that we were able to restore them so as to be used for another 100+ years! Many of these antique trunks have dates stamped on them to help determine their age!

Note the two restored Antique Steamer Trunks in the above photos, both are Dome Top, Hump Back or Camel Back models and each is 100 to 150 years old. They are being used as office filing cabinets as they have hanging file folders in them and the lift out trays have all of the staplers, tape dispensors, pens, paper and other items normally used in an office!
SEE TRUNK #908 and #909 BELOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE!

Every antique steamer trunk for sale as offered has been painstakingly restored so as to be beautifully and safely used in todays contemporary environments, and in unique "re-purposed" ways such as replacing a utilitarian filing cabinet with an antique trunk! These restored trunks can easily hold up to 200 hanging file folders, staplers, tape dispenserss, pens, and other office items normally found on a typical desk. Many of our purchased restored antique trunks are re-purposed as Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corpos Retirement Gifts and US Navy Retirement Shadow Box ideas!

Many people call and ask, "What are Chromolithographs or Victorian Lithographs Found on These Restored Antique Steamer Trunks?"
ANSWER: Scroll further down this page for an excellent explanation and tutorial!

OPTIONAL - Trunk Wood Engraving Examples and Prices Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest	Click Here To Review Sample Engravings	Personalize Your 100+ Year Old Antique Trunk in Perpetuity! Engraving Fee: $100 Minimum or $5 per Letter.
Antique Trunks as a Shadow Box and Storage Chest! Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!!	Click Here for Sample Shadow Box Photographs From Customers	Why just get a shadow box or a newly made trunk with no history! One of our 100+ Year Old Nautical Antique Trunks can be used for both a Shadow Box and Storage Chest for your Uniforms, Photograph Albums, and Memorabilia!

These antique steamer trunks after being fully restored have transcended their original purpose in both beauty and function as they are now fine furniture which can be displayed even in the most discerning of homes and household decor!

Why take away from the beauty and sophistication of your home or office by having utilitarian looking steel filing cabinets and storage in your home or office when you can have these beautiful richly appointed and preserved antique steamer trunks in their stead!

The Pirate's Lair always has between 60 to 80 of these 100+ year old antique trunks for sale, fully restored and awaiting shipment
Estimated Delivery Times: 1 Day to Mid-Atlantic States, 2-3 Days to NE and SE States, 3-4 Days to Central and Midwest, 5 Days to West Coast.

NEVER A REPRODUCTION! ONLY AUTHENTIC 100 to 150 year old, REAL ANTIQUE STEAMER TRUNKS FOR SALE AND NAUTICAL FURNITURE FOUND @ THE PIRATE'S LAIR!

Rare 1880 to Early 1890's Photograph of Antique Trunk Factory and Workers Using Albumen Silver Print Method, Mounted to a Period Board Which Dates The Photo Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production.

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The Pirate's Lair Exclusive! 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.

However the truth of the matter is that the majority of these trunks were made towards the middle to end of the 19th century just at the dawning of the industrial revolution here in America when there were no child labor laws or protections. This rare photo clearly illustrates at least 3 generations of owners and workers, ages appearing to range from pre-teen/adolescent, teens/early adult, through middle to old age! 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.

Note the adolescent factory workers on top row! Note that there are no women in the photo! This is due to the fact that at that time "proper" women did not work outside of the home, certainly not in a factory. Everybody appears to look pretty stern, having on their arms crossed and "work" faces put on. Copy of Photo On Request With Every Trunk Purchase

NEVER A REPRODUCTION! ONLY AUTHENTIC 100 to 150 YEAR OLD FULLY RESTORED ANTIQUE TRUNKS FOR SALE AND FURNITURE FOUND @ THE PIRATE'S LAIR!

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to our extensive availability of restored antique trunks, the manner and procedures in which we restore our trunks, and our high placement in the various search engines we receive over 10 calls and as many emails every day by well intentioned people asking us to provide opinions, comments, appraisals, and/or pricing on trunks which they own themselves. As you can imagine this can be overwhelming and take up quite a bit of our time as there is no "easy" answer, especially since all of these trunks are at best similar but not exact to each other. So for these business and legal reasons we cannot offer you help on items which we do not possess ourselves. If this website can help you identify something you own yourself, help you with a restoration, or with how much your trunk is worth then that is great and we are glad to help in that way. However we cannot help you if you call us with questions about something we do not have in our possession.

BELOW IS A LISTING OF ALL AVAILABLE RESTORED ANTIQUE STEAMER TRUNKS FOR SALE FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

Flat Top Antique Trunk - #864 All Wood Mid 19th Century (Late 1870s-1880s) Restored Antique Flat Top Steamer Trunk! Unique Features Include Blackened Tin Sheathing w/ Polished Cast Iron Dark Grey Detailed Hardware, Great Grain to the Natural Pine Wood Body Contrasting with the Many Red Oak Slats. Fantastic Victorian Lithographs Under the Lid, Lid Lift, Decorative Edge Guards, Decorative Slat Clamps, New Antique Brass End Caps and New Leather Handles. Working Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Medium Flat Top Trunk 30"L x 18"D x 22"H Great for any size home or room, perfect for an apartment or office. Perfect as a Military, Navy, Air Force, Marine Coprs, or Army Shadow Box or Army Retirement Gift.	$895.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Roll Top Antique Trunk - #913 MOST UNIQUE and RARE ANTIQUE TRUNK - 4 LIFT OUT TRAYS By Crouch and Fitzgerald! Late 19th Century (1880s-1890s) Restored All Wood High-End Roll Top Antique Trunk with Silvery Black Heavy Duty Hardware Everywhere Contrasting Beautifully Against the Rich Honey-Golden Patina of the Pine Wood Body and Oak Wood Slats. Nail Heads Have Been Polished to a Silvery Look for Providing Additional Contrasting Against the Wood and Hardware. Initials "MGH" on the Outside of the Trunk Made with Removable Tacks. Manufacture's Outside Brass Badge and Inside Paper Label: "Crouch and Fitzgerald, New York". Original End Caps and New Leather Handle. Working Lock and Key But Due to Age the Lock is Difficult to Push In. Additional Features are Edge Guards, Lid Guides, 3 Nail Strips Across the Body and Lid, Heavy Duty Front Latches, FOUR Original Lift Out Trays Having Multiple Compartments! 4 Heavy Duty Rear Hinges. Working Lock and Key! (see details)	Click Photo!	Large Roll Top Trunk 33"L x 21"D x 19"H Very Heavy, Local Pickup Preferred ~ A most unique roll top trunk with 4 surviving multi-compartmented lift out trays! Beautiful on the outside for any size room or home especially where you want a statement piece or focal point. This would possibly make for an excellent repurpose into a Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corp, Coast Guard, or Navy retirement shadow box!	$1495.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Flat Top Antique Trunk - #903 Another RARE Trunk by the Famous "C.A. Taylor" 19th Century (1880s-1890s) Restored Antique All Wood Flat Top Trunk with Fantastic Black Decorative Cast Iron Edge Trim Everywhere and Hardware Everywhere with Gold Highlights. Decorative Edge Guards, 2 Nail Strips Across the Body. Has That Sought After Heavy Duty Cast Iron Decorative Hardware in Black with Gold Highlighting Including All Nail Heads Which Contrasts Beautifully Against the Light Golden Patina and Beautiful Grain of the Pine Wood Body and Oak Wood Slats. Most of the Cast Iron Hardware is Stamped "TAYLOR". Has Original Dated End Caps w/ Built-in Lid Guides (Oct 23, 1883) and New Leather Handles. Working Brass Lock, No Key. Heavy Duty Edge Guards. Heavy Duty Front Latches and Front Lid Lift. Lid Guides. 3 Heavy Duty Decorative Rear Hinges! Makers Label on the Inside with Certificate of Warranty Dated 1907. Brass Makers Badge on Lid: "C.A. Taylor Trunk Works, Chicago, New York". Original Lift Out Tray w/ Wood Lid and "Lift into Lid" Feature!	Click Photo!	Large Flat Top Trunk 24"L x 19"D x 19"H HEAVY and well made trunk which CA Taylor is famous for! PERFECT for an Office or Apartment where a statement would be appropriate. Especially for someone with the First or Last name of "Taylor"!!! This would NOT make for an excellent repurpose into a Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corp, Coast Guard, or Navy retirement shadow box!	$1395.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Trunk - #900 MOST UNIQUE! HUGE, HEAVY, SUBSTANTIAL!! 19th Century (1880s-1890s) Restored Antique All Wood Dome Top Trunk. Has That Sought After Heavy Duty Cast Iron Blackened Hardware with All Nail Heads with Gold Highlights. Hardware and Nail Heads Contrast Beautifully Against the Light Golden Patina of the Pine Wood Body and Oak Wood Slats. Has Original End Caps with New Leather Handles. Painted Black on the Inside. Heavy Duty Edge Guards. One Nail Strip Across the Body and Lid. Heavy Duty Brass Working Lock and Key but Does Not Fit Properly, Dated: Nov 1 1887. 3 Heavy Duty Decorative Rear Hinges and Front Latches. Heavy Duty Front Latches Dated: July 9, 1872 and May 21 1878.	Click Photo!	HUGE Dome Top Trunk 34"L x 22"D x 25"H HEAVY - Local Pickup Preferred! A very unique constructed, well-built and substantial large size dome top trunk with lots of storage. If you are looking for and need a HUGE trunk then this is it and be a focal point in any room. This would make for an EXCELLENT REPURPOSE into a Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corp, Coast Guard, or Navy retirement shadow box!	$1495.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Trunk - #876 Late 19th Century (1880s) Restored Antique Dome Top Trunk For Sale! Unique Features Include Polished Silvery Hardware Contrasting Beautifully Against the Beautiful Grain of the Natural Pine Wood Body and Red Oak Wood Slats. Features Polished Silvery Nail Heads, Protective Nail Strip Across the Body and Lid, Gorgeous Grain. Original End Caps with New Leather Handles. Dated Non-Working Brass Lock: Sept 3 1887, Aug 12 1879, Mar 16, 1869. Hidden Compartment Under the Lid. Fantastic Victorian Lithographs of Young Children, Women, and Men in Period Dress! Lift Out Tray w/ Lid and Special "Stay Up" Feature! 3 Heavy Duty Rear Hinges. - #876	Click Photo!	LargeDome Trunk 30"L x 19"D x 24"H Another real "piratey" or treasure chest and they were not made much larger than this! Many features that any collector would prize and want in an antique restored trunk! May not be so perfect to repurpose into a Military, Navy, Army, Air Force or Marine Corps Shadow Box!	$1595.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Flat Top Antique Trunk - #864 All Wood Mid 19th Century (Late 1870s-1880s) Restored Antique Flat Top Steamer Trunk! Unique Features Include Blackened Tin Sheathing w/ Polished Cast Iron Dark Grey Detailed Hardware, Great Grain to the Natural Pine Wood Body Contrasting with the Many Red Oak Slats. Fantastic Victorian Lithographs Under the Lid, Lid Lift, Decorative Edge Guards, Decorative Slat Clamps, New Antique Brass End Caps and New Leather Handles. Working Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Medium Flat Top Trunk 30"L x 18"D x 22"H Great for any size home or room, perfect for an apartment or office. Perfect as a Military, Navy, Air Force, Marine Coprs, or Army Shadow Box or Army Retirement Gift.	$895.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Roll Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #858 All Wood Late 19th Century (Late 1870s-1880s) Restored Antique Roll Top Trunk For Sale! Unique Features Include Contrasting Silvery Black Polished Hardware with 1 Nail Strip Across the Body and Lid. Beautiful Grain and Darker Red Patina, See Photos, New Antique Brass End Caps and New Leather Handles. Dated Working Lock: April 16, 1879. Working Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Small-Medium Size Roll Top Trunk 28"L x 17"D x 18"H Fantastic large trunk for any size home or room, perfect for an apartment or office. The Victorian Lithograph of the seaport is rare and beautiful! Perfect as a re-purpose into a Military, Navy, Air Force, Marine Coprs, or Army Shadow Box or Army Retirement Gift.	$795.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #844 RARE and Sought After All Wood Mid-Late-19th Century (1870s) Restored Antique Dome Top Trunk with Oak Wood Handles and Everything a Collector or Period Home or Room Restorer Would Desire! Unique Features Include a Definite "Sea Chest or Treasure Chest Style", an Evenly Stained Golden Oak Body and Dark Chestnut Slats. Contrasting Features Include: Silvery Black Hardware and Edging, Original End Caps and Of Course the Oak Wood Handles, Saw Impressions in the Planks from the First Cut at the Saw Mill, Victorian Lithograph of Children in Period Dress Playing on a See-Saw, Dated Working Lock: Apr 1869 and Apr 1877, Original Lift Out Tray. Working Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Mid Size Trunk 30"L x 17"D x 20"H A Fantastic Mid-late 19th century dome top trunk which would be perfect for any size office, home, or room being period outfitted. Perfect for a re-purpose into a Military, Navy, Air Force, Marine Coprs, or Army Shadow Box or Army Retirement Gift.	$1095. Sold!	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #839 Late (Dated Lock: Mar 24 1891) 19th Century Large Dome Top or Humpback Antique Trunk w/ a Rich Natural Finish to the Pine Wood Body and Slightly Darker Red Oak Wood Slats with a Georgous Grain. The 120+ Year Old Cured Wood Contrasts Beautifully Against the Polished Silvery-Black Hardware. Features Include a Georgous Wood Grain, Polished Decorative Silver Buttons, Decorative Slat Clamps, New Antique Brass End Caps and New Leather Handles, Saw Impressions Left in the Wood from the First Cut at the Sawmill. Victorian Lithograph Under the Lid of a Woman and River or Lake Scene. Dated Working Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Large Dome Top Trunk 30"L x 17"D x 20"H A nice large dome top which would be perfect for any office or home, and a focal point in any room. A great repurpose into a Military retirement shadow box, Navy Retirement Gift and Shadow Box, Army or Air Force retirement shadow box!	$895.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Humpback or Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #830 Mid-Late (1870s-1880s) 19th Century Large Humpback, Dometop, or Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk w/ a Rich Golden Pecan Finish to the Pine Wood Body and Darker Red Oak Wood Slats. Features Include Sawmill Mark Impressions in the Wood, Victorian Lithograph of a Woman in Period Dress Under the Lid, New End Caps and New Leather Handles. Working Lock, No Key.	Click Photo!	Mid Size Humpback or Dome Top Trunk 31"L x 18"D x 21"H A very large and extraordinarilly beautiful trunk which will be a focal point in any room or environment. Would be perfect as a repurpose into a Military retirement shadow box, Navy Retirement Gift and Shadow Box, Army or Air Force retirement shadow box!	$795.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Flat Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #828 Rare and Unique "Double Lock" Flat Top Antique Steamer Trunk w/ a Darker Red-Brown Finish to the Pine Wood Body and Darker Oak Wood Slats All Of Which Contrasts Beautifully with the Polished Silvery Hardware and Dual Dated Brass Locks (Oct 2, 1883). Features Include 2 Nail Strips Across the Front and Lid, Decorative Edge Guards, 4 Rear Hinges. Sawmill Impressions in the Wood From the First Cut. Original End Caps and New Leather Handles. Victorian Lithograph of Woman in Period Dress Under the Lid. Dual Working Dated Brass Locks and Key!	Click Photo!	Medium Size Flat Top Trunk 22"L x 21"D x 22"H A great mid-size trunk which will fit easily into an apartment or small room or man cave! The unique double or dual dated brass locks with key is very rare!	$895.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
American Whalers Seamans or Sailors Sea Chest Early 19th Century Documented Use From 1815 to 1862Rarest of the Rare in Nautical Antiques! A Fully 100% Documented Provenance of an Early 19th Century Sea Chest Used and Kept in the Family of Whalers and Sailors from 1815 to 1862. The sea chest was Originally Owned and Used Aboard a Whaler by Jotham R. Tripp of Westport, MA who Passed it on to His 4 Sons (Also Whalers) with Final Ownership by his Son Theodore J. Tripp Who Last Used it in 1862 On a Whaling Voyage 500 Miles North of Hudson Bay on the Bark "Orray Taft" Captained by the Famous Arctic Explorer George E. Tyson	Click Photo For Information!	L42" X W19" X H17" - Classic 19th Century Sea Chest Configuration with 6-board pine wood construction, dove tail joints, beveled edges and lid side skirts, wooden cleats and beckets, and a single fixed tray with lid. What is certainly unique about this sea chest is that it holds a secret shelf which can only be revealed and accessed by lifting up the side of the tray! The shelf bottom even has 3 finger cut outs to better facilitate its retrieval. Remnants still exist of the original green lead paint.	Kept by and used within the family of the original owner Jotham Round Tripp for over 115 years the provenance of this sea chest 100% documented and established from 1815 to 1930 upon the death of the last family seaman and owner Theodore J. Tripp. Just prior to his death Theodore wrote the brief history of this sea chest on the back of a 1928 1929 Kelloggs Rice Krispies inkblot advertisement! Mr. Tripp obviously was aware of his pending demise and was identifying the important things he had collected in his lifetime - his fathers sea chest which he himself also used as a seaman and sailor aboard a whaling ship. As written on the back of the Kellogs Card: "The Handwritten Note by Theodore J. Tripp reads: "This Chest was carried on a whaling voyage by my father Jotham R. Tripp in the year 1815 in a Barg commanded by Paul Griffin (could be Griffis, Griffen, or Griffes). Since it has been carried by three of my brothers. And last by me in 1862 in Bark Orray Taft (?) with Capt George Tyson wintering 500 miles north of Hudson Bay. Theodore J. Tripp	In Private Collection of The Pirates Lair Displayed for Historical Purposes Only
Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #767 Late 19th Century (late 1870s-1880s) Huge All Wood Humpback or Dome Top Restored Antique Trunk For Sale. Well Constructed and Heavy. The Even Golden-Brown Finish of the Pine Wood Body and Oak Wood Slats Contrast Beautifully with the Blackened Hardware. Features include Lots of Character to the Grain of the Pine Wood Which Only 100+ Years of Curing Can Achieve, Decorative Rosettes, Edge Guards, Heavy Duty Rear Hinges, Victorian Lithograph Under the Lid of a Young Woman in Period Dress. Non-Working Lock. Saw Impressions Left in the Wood. Original End Caps and New Leather Handles. Very Nice High Arch to the Dome Lid.	Click Photo!	Large Dome Top Steamer Trunk 34"L x 15"D x 24"H Great large-size all wood dome top trunk for any contemporary home and a centerpiece in any room. Would make an excellent repurpose for a military, Navy, Air Force, Army, or Marine Retirement Shadow Box.	$895. Sold!	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #761 Late 19th Century (late 1870s-1880s) Large All Wood Dome Top Restored Antique Trunk For Sale. The Golden Honey-Brown Finish of the Pine Wood Body and Oak Wood Slats Contrast Beautifully with the Blackened Hardware. Features include Sought After High Arch to the Dome, 3 Nail Strips Across the Body and Lid, Neat Design on the Brass Working Lock but No Key, Heavy Duty Rear Hinges w/ a Great Design. Original End Caps with New Leather Handles. Makers Label Under the Lid: "S. Henry Runcie Manufacturer, No 244 Main Street, Below the Churches, Buffalo, NY"	Click Photo!	Large Dome Top Steamer Trunk 32"L x 16"D x 26"H Well constructed, very large all wood humpback or dome top trunk great for any contemporary home. Would make an excellent repurpose for a military, Navy, Air Force, Army, or Marine Retirement Shadow Box.	$795.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Roll Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #736 $200. Shipping! Recommend a Pickup! Large and Substantial! Late 19th Century (Late 1880s-1890s) All Wood Roll Top Antique Trunk For Sale. The Light Honey Golden Wood Body Contrasts Beautifully Against the Blackened Hardware and Leather Trimming. Hardware Consists of Edge Guards, Lid Guides, Front Latches with Built-in Lid Lifts, Leather Tie Downs, and a Leather Nail Strip Across the Body! Original End Caps with Built-in Lid Guides, and New Leather Handles. All Nail Heads Have been Carefully Polished to a Silvery Patina. The Lid is Very Unique Showing Off the Very First Use of What we Now call Plywood, Except Back Then It was Made of Extremely Thin Single Sheets of Wood to Make it Pliable. Working Brass Lock and Key!	Click Photo!	Very Large Roll Top Trunk 34"L x 21"D x 25"H A substantial, solid, and well built so shipping will be about $195. Perfect for any conemporary home with a flare for history and a very unique lid. Beautifully restored. An excellent candidate as a re-purpose for a Military, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy Shadow Box!	$695.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Roll Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #693 Large All Wood Antique Trunk with Sought After Oak Wood Handles! Hardware Still Retains Much of its Original Black Japanning. Beautiful Grain with Natural Dark Red Pinewood Finish with Wide Red Oak Slats. New Leather Lid Lift. Non-Working Lock. Patent Date on Unique "Flip Type" Front Latches: Jul 9 1872. Decorative Rosettes Used to Secure Hardware and Handles.	Click Photo!	Huge Roll Top Steamer Trunk 38"L x 20"D x 21"H This is another 130+ year old trunk and would be perfect for any room or home with a 19th Century decor or as a statement piece. Would make a perfect addition to any contemporary home or office. Be a great re-purpose as a military retirement gift and shadow box for any Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy servicemember!	$695.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
HEAVY Antique Bookend or Doorstop - Hubley Pirate Treasure Chest! Brass or Bronze. Each Weighs 3.5 lbs. Purchase Single or a Matching Pair. Great Companion Piece for Your Antique Steamer Trunk!	Click Photo!	Pirate Treasure Chest Bookend or Doorstop 6" tall, 3" across, 2.75" deep Each Weighs 3.5 lbs. Solid Brass or Bronze! Very Kewl. Could also be painted in brilliant colors for those artists!	$75. ea $135. pr	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Dome Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #516 Very Large All Metal Dome Top Trunk with a Silvery Cross-Hatch Pressed Tin Design with the Metal Oak Wood Clamps Having a "Fleur Di Lis" Stamped Design. Working Lock, No Key. Original Cast Iron End Caps with New Leather Handles. Unique Front Latches with Patent Date of "July 1, 1873".	Click Photo!	Large Dome Top Trunk 33"L x 21"D x 27"H $200. Shipping! Recommend a Pickup! A nice solid antique dome top trunk with a fantastic exterior finish. Would perhaps be perfect for that 20 or 30 Year military or naval retirement gift and re-purposed as a shadowbox!	$695.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Roll Top Antique Steamer Trunk - #441 Large 100+ Year Old Late 19th or Very Early 20th Century (1890s-1900s) All Pressed Tin Exterior and Wood Interior Antique Barrel or Roll Top Trunk with Original Oxidized Polished Hardware Complimenting the Dark Blueish-Silvery Patina and Finish of the Pressed Tin Crosshatch Design and Wide Red Oak Slats! Remnants of the Original Black Japanning Still Intact. Working Lock, No Key. New End Caps and New Leather Handles.	Click Photo!	Large Roll Top Trunk 34"L x 21"D x 24"H $200. Shipping! Recommend a Pickup! Lots of character to this one with the fantastic pressed tin crosshatch design, handsome grain of the red oak slats. PERFECT as a Military or Navy Retirement Shadow Box!	$695.	Call To Order 540 659 6209
Wooden Antique Dome Top Steamer Trunk - #356 This is the MOST Fantastic Trunk We have EVER had the pleasure and good fortune to own, and it is currently used to keep customer files and folders here at The Pirates Lair. This Large Size 120+ Year Old All Wood Dome Top Restored Antique Trunk Has Beautifully Detailed Hand Carved Engravings with an Engraved Date 1897. A Handsome Rich Brown Patina, Black Japanned Hardware. Perfectly Working Front Latches with Plenty of Spring. Working Lock but No Key, Four Wheels, New 3-Ply Leather Handles.	Click Photo!	Large Size Dome Top Trunk 32"L x 19"D x 25"H A solidly built 120+ year old antique trunk restored in a rich light brown butternut masculine finish. Victorian-era hand carved engravings make this a MOST rare and desirable trunk and a unique one-of-a-kind piece of American History!	Historical Display Only	Not For Sale 540 659 6209

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Antique Sea Chest and Stowage Chest The Rarest of All! Detailed photos and technical characteristics of these authentic mid to late 19th century naval and nautical sea chests and stowage chests some of which may be for sale.	Click Photo!	Used in Officers Staterooms and Captains Cabins as well as for general storage aboard all decks of the ship. Typically 40"x20"x20" made of 6-plank pine wood with wooden cleats and rope beckets. These sea chests here at The Pirates Lair are the real deal, no reproductions!

What Are Victorian Lithographs? Well, Here is the Answer! You Found It!

Many of our restored antique trunks were decorated with beautifully detailed and colorful Victorian Chomolithographs, or just lithographs for short. During the trunk restoration process we were able to save these lithographs and professionally restore them as well so as to provide many more years of visual pleasure as well as keeping the continued value and monetary appreciation of the trunk. Lithographic technology was developed in the 19th century and the process was extremely labor intensive, but the results were fantastic. Here is a brief description of how these Victorian Chromolithographs were produced:

The chromolithograph process is a planographic (flat surface, as opposed to raised or relief) printing method, which is employed in creating multiple colored prints. The technique involves drawing an image onto a stone or zinc plate with a grease-based crayon.

The stone is then gummed with gum arabic and nitric acid. Then, the stone is inked with oil-based paints and run through a printing press in conjunction with a sheet of paper, which is used to transfer the image onto the paper. Color is added by utilizing a separate stone to draw where the color is to be applied.

It then passes through the printing press with a separate sheet of paper to which it is transferred. If a particular artwork employs a variety of colors, it is not unusual for up to 25 stones to be used in the process. Each piece of paper will run through the printing press for each individual color needed.

Dependent on the detail, care and amount of colors, each print may take skilled workers several months to create. However, the opposite is also true, if the prints do not employ a great number of colors or detail the product may be easily mass produced in a more cost and time effective manner.

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Restored Antique Chest Furniture, Steamer Trunks and Steamer Chests can also be used as Antique Hope Chests, Antique China Chests and Silverware Chests to store your Naval China dishes, plates, cups and saucers as well as a Silverware Chest to store your vintage Navy forks, knives, spoons and serving utensils.
What better way to outfit a waterfront home, or a Captains Cabin than a antique china chest, steamer chest, or steamer trunk by Jenny Lind or Lois Vuitton!

The authentic antique nautical home furnishings found on this web site are all vintage and antique nautical furniture.
Original nautical decor and nautical theme is authentic and there are no reproductions offered for sale at The Pirates Lair.
All offered nautical coffee tables, nautical desks are with a nautical theme are from restored WW2 Liberty Ship and Victory Ship Wooden Hatch Covers.

The expert antique restoration information found on The Pirates Lair is available on the web site for WW2 US Navy Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Covers are authentic as well as the nautical tables, nautical coffee tables and vintage nautical furniture.
Only authentic antique steamer trunks and chests will be found at The Pirates Lair
The U.S. Navy nautical furniture, nautical home furnishings are made up of antique nautical tables, vintage nautical coffee tables, and other nautical decor with a nautical theme.