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WALNUT BOX MADE ca.MID- TO LATE-1800\'s
SIZE: 12\" L x 9\" W x 4-1/4\" H
BASE WOOD APPEARS TO BE WALNUT
HELD TOGETHER AT ALL 4 CORNERS WITH DELICATELY-CUT HAND DOVETAILS
4 INTERNAL COMPARTMENTS WITH SIZES 8-1/2\" x 5-1/2\", 8-1/2\" x 2-5/8\", 5-3/4\" x 2-5/8\", 2-5/8\" x 2-3/8\" (ALL 2-7/8\" IN HEIGHT)
INTRICATE VICTORIAN STYLE CAST METAL HANDLE ON TOP (MAY OR MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL)
TOP SURFACE COVERED WITH BROWN GRAINING LIQUID WITH MOSTLY LINEAR STRIATIONS AS DECORATION - LOOKS VERY CLOSE TO THE GRAIN SEEN IN OAK (THERE ARE OTHER LAYERS OF PAINT UNDERNEATH INCLUDING WHITE AS SEEN IN WORN AREAS ON THE TOP OF THE LID AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE A TAN COLORED PAINT SEEN IN AREAS WHERE THE TOP GRAIN-PAINTED LAYER HAS CHIPPED OFF)
THERE IS ONE INTERESTING PREVIOUS REPAIR DONE LONG AGO. AT ONE TIME THE HINGES PULLED OUT (NOT UNUSUAL WITH OLD, WELL-USED BOXES). RATHER THAN FIX THE STRIPPED OUT SCREW HOLES SOMEONE SIMPLY ROTATED THE TOP PUTTING THE FRONT OF THE LID IN THE REAR AND RE-INSTALLING THE HINGES (YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE FOR THIS ON THE FRONT AND THE BACK: THE FRONT OF THE LID NOW HAS 2 \'NOTCHES\' WHERE THE HINGES ONCE RESIDED AND THE INSIDE [PHOTO #7], BACK OF THE LID HAS AN AREA CUT OUT WHERE THE LOCK WAS ONCE INSTALLED [PHOTO #3]). THE ORIGINAL LOCK IS LONG GONE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A SIMPLE BRASS HOOK AND LOOP. THE HINGES ARE HELD IN PLACE BY BOTH SCREWS AND SQUARE-HEADED NAILS (PHOTO #6)
THE BOTTOM IS HELD TO THE SIDES WITH SQUARE-HEADED NAILS. THIS WAS LATER RE-INFORCED WITH 6 SCREWS.
INTERESTINGLY, THERE ARE REMNANTS OF A GOLD-STENCILLED VASE OF FLOWERS ON THE BOTTOM. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS UNKNOWN AS ONE DOES NOT NORMALLY FIND DECORATIONS ON THE BOTTOM WHERE THEY ARE NOT EASILY SEEN. IN THE LAST PHOTO SHOWING THE STENCIL (NEXT TO LAST PHOTO), THE AREA HAS BEEN MOISTENED TO SHOW THE IMAGE BETTER.
AN INTERESTING BOX WITH LOTS OF PATINA AND \'CHARACTER\'
SHIPPING BY USPS PRIORITY MAIL, FEDEX HOME DELIVERY OR UPS GROUND. YOUR CHOICE.
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