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!
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!
| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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Engraving Fee: $100 Minimum or $5 per Letter. |
| Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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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.
| 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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If it's a genuine original antique trunk by Martin Maier, Excelsior, Jenny Lind or Lois Vuitton from the Titanic or Master and Commander theme or a Pirates of the Carirbbean decor you are seeking for your home, office or as a unique gift, this is it! The real deal! What a great treasure to give someone who has just moved and relocated here to the United States!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.
| 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. |
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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! |
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| 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 |
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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! |
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| 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! |
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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! |
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| Brass or Bronze. Each Weighs 3.5 lbs. Purchase Single or a Matching Pair. Great Companion Piece for Your Antique Steamer Trunk! |
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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! |
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| 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". |
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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! |
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| 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. |
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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! |
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| 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. |
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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! |
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| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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| 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. |
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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.