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19th Century Continental Mahogany Maritime Chest

Name: 19th Century Continental Mahogany Maritime Chest
SKU: EA3033
Price: 2595.00 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Height 48cm

Width 99cm

Depth 48cm

Stock Number: EA3033

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Description

19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL MAHOGANY MARITIME CHEST CIRCA 1870.

RARE GERMAN MARITIME SAILORS CHEST WITH HAND PAINTED INTERIOR LID.

MAHOGANY EXTERIOR WITH BRASS STRAP WORK. WORKING LOCK AND KEY WITH A BRASS ESCUTHEON PLATE ENGRAVED WITH THE INITIALS HS AND DATED 1902, A FURTHER BRASS PLAQUE WITH THE INITIALS JS 1934 SUGGEST THIS WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY.

INSIDE THE LID IS A BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED PICTURE OF THE GERMAN SHIP SV INDRA, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST L WOLSCH AND DATED 1883. THE FULLY RIGGED SHIP IS PICTURED AMOUNG OTHER SHIPPING INCLUDING A PADDLE STEAMER IN THE BACKGROUND. THE SV INDRA IS A WELL DOCUMENTED SHIP, BEING BUILT IN HAMBURG IN 1877 AND OWNED BY WACHSMUTH & KROGMANN WEIGHING 695 TONS. THE INDRA RAN AGROUND AND WAS WRECKED OF THE THE COAST OFF THE COAST OF ACAJUTLA, EL SALVADOR ON THE 30TH OF JUNE 1897.

THE INTERIOR HAS A PARTIALLY FITTED INTERIOR OF A CANDLE BOX WITH A SINGLE LOCKABLE DRAWER BELOW. EXPECTED SURFACE MARKS FROM THE LIFE THAT THIS PIECE OF FURNITURE MUST HAVE HAD. MINOR WARPING TO LID, BUT STILL WITH WORKING LOCK.

Dimensions & specification

Dimensions

Height: 19 inches / 48cm
Width: 39 inches / 99cm
Depth: 19 inches / 48cm

Specification

Stock number: EA3033
Material: Mahogany
Room: Drawing Room Furniture
Century: 19th Century
Style: Victorian
Colour: Brown
Product Type: Boxes

Delivery & collection

UK Mainland £99

Excluding Highlands & Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Jersey & Guernsey

USA £350

Canada £420

Europe and rest UK £210

South America & Middle East £700

Australia & New Zealand £790

Rest of the world £880

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