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Large Size Well Built with Extra Thick Pine Planks. 100+ Year Old All Wood Flat Top Antique Trunk! Exterior Pine Body Has a Fantastic Golden Reddish Brown Natural Patina with Lots of Character in the Wood Grain. The Oak Straps are Strikingly Contrasted With the Japanned Black and Oxidized Dark Golden Lock and Hardware. Heavy Duty Front Clasps/Latches Have Great Spring and a Positive Closure. New Handcrafted Liftout Tray, New Leather Handles and End Caps. MOST RARE is that the Original Thick Leather Lid Lift was Saved and Functional! As is our Custom Both Interior and Exterior were Scrubbed, Dried, Sanded, Sealed and Spar Varnished!! Working Lock AND Key - #285


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The exterior was originally covered in a dark brown waterproofed canvas and the interior was lined and covered in a thin newspaper-like paper. Both the exterior canvas and interior paper were carefully removed with a solution of bleach and water so as a disinfectant and to remove any remaining horse or fish glue which was used at the time to secure the coverings. The original leather handles and end caps were in poor condition which were replaced. Once dried all wood and metal surfaces were lightly hand sanded to bring out the character and patina of the 100+ year old wood and two coats of spar varnish were applied for UV protection, wood preservation, and elegance!

 
Flat Top Antique Trunk - #285
Large Sized 100 Year Old All Wood Flat top Beautifully Fully Restored. Lots of great original heavy duty hardware touched up in black contrasting beautifully with the honey-reddish-brown of the wood body, rich brown oak slats, all brass lock and heavy duty front latches, RARE is the original leather lid lift which was saved! New handcrafted liftout tray, new leather handles and end caps were installed.

Working lock AND key!
 
Antique Trunk All Wood Dome Top #284
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Large Flat Top Antique Trunk: 30"L x 19"D x 23"H
Solid and Well Built with Extra Thick Planks!! This antique flat top trunk would be perfect for in any size room as a great accent or showpiece - perhaps at the foot of the bed or in a family room to store DVD's and games! LOTs of storage with this one, and an absolutely beautiful patina to the 100 year old pine body and oak straps, contrasting wonderfully with the heavy duty hardware. Note the all brass lock!!!
 

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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 per day 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 towards that end in trying to help without being overwhelmed while also being accurate, we can now offer written and verbal consultation, appraisal, and advice at $100. per trunk, non-refundable, paid in advance via Paypal. If this is something you would like to take advantage of first please email us at sales@thepirateslair.com and in the Subject line put "Trunk Appraisal". Please include what you are requesting us to do and we will contact you at that time for next steps.

 
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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!!
 
Military or Naval Retirement Ceremony Shadow Box
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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!


 
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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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.
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The following Text is soley for the consumption of Spiders, Bots and other Dark Denizens of the Internet: All restored antique trunks look like nautical sea chests, or a domed sea chest also known as a camel back.
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Antique Trunks For Sale and Sea Antique Chest with a Shadow Box or a Shadowbox make the perfect naval retirement gift or navy or naval promotion gift for enlisted or officer.

Store your uniforms, flags, other naval militaria and mementos or used in a family heirloom treasures.
Beautiful Trunks for sale are of Nautical Dome Top or Humpback Antique Sea chest for a retirement ceremony or military promotion gift.


All antique trunks can be dome top or flat top and have been completely refurbished trunk or restored antique trunks for sale. Perfect use as a shadow box and uniform storage trunk, as a military retirement gift or as a US Navy retirement gift.