TRADITIONAL 19TH CENTURY PAINTED SWEDISH DOME TRUNK

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TRADITIONAL 19TH CENTURY PAINTED SWEDISH DOME TRUNK CIRCA 1861.

HAND PAINTED AND DATED 1861, BUT CHEST IS OLDER AS THEY ARE OFTEN GIVEN AWAY AS MARRIAGE GIFTS.

MADE FROM OAK RATHER THAN THE USUAL PINE.  DOME TOP WITH ORIGINAL METAL STRAP WORK WHICH RUNS OVER THE LID AND DOWN THE SIDES OF THE PIECE.  DECORATED IN A MAIN BLUE SCHEME, HAND PAINTED IN RED AND GREEN FLORALS, INITIALED U.N.D AND DATED 1861.  LID OPENS TO REVEAL A PLAIN INTERIOR, FITTED WITH THE STANDARD CANDLE BOX.

SOME LOSSES TO METALWORK WHICH DON’T EFFECT THE PIECES STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.  EVIDENCE OF DEAD INACTIVE WORM, WHICH HAS BEEN TREATED.  EXPECTED SHRINKAGE BETWEEN PLANKS FROM AGE. MINOR FADING TO PAINTWORK.