19TH C. SEAMAN'S CHEST WITH GAME BOARD PAINTED TOP
Six-plank Trunk with fitted hinged lid having white squares on the dark green ground, battened top and bottom, exposed dovetail case, with cleats for monkey fist beckets, the interior of the lid covered with remnants of a political caricature broadside "The Great Oilunion Army, The Shoddy Petroleum Vanguard, Fording the Oily Jordan", open till with compartment, 14 1/4" x 37" x 17". Worn, one becket off but present.
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Six-plank Trunk with fitted hinged lid having white squares on the dark green ground, battened top and bottom, exposed dovetail case, with cleats for monkey fist beckets, the interior of the lid covered with remnants of a political caricature broadside "The Great Oilunion Army, The Shoddy Petroleum Vanguard, Fording the Oily Jordan", open till with compartment, 14 1/4" x 37" x 17". Worn, one becket off but present.
