PAINTED SHIP'S TOOL CHEST WITH CHINA TRADE CAPTAIN'S
Heavy Duty Six-Plank Dovetailed Trunk (with 1 1/4" thick planks), in red paint having a three-mast ship underway on top, probably sailor-painted; molded top and base, set on battens, heavy cast brass lifts, marked on the underside in black paint and somewhat later in white paint "Sea Trunk with Tools" & "Capt. Ranlett, made 20 voyages to China from New York via Cape Good Hope. Died Feb 6th, 1874". 14 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 35". Shrinkage crack to lid, worn but clean.
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Heavy Duty Six-Plank Dovetailed Trunk (with 1 1/4" thick planks), in red paint having a three-mast ship underway on top, probably sailor-painted; molded top and base, set on battens, heavy cast brass lifts, marked on the underside in black paint and somewhat later in white paint "Sea Trunk with Tools" & "Capt. Ranlett, made 20 voyages to China from New York via Cape Good Hope. Died Feb 6th, 1874". 14 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 35". Shrinkage crack to lid, worn but clean.
