TRUNK # ITS12

Dimensions

This trunk was built in the 1880’s! We bought this tin humpback trunk at the flea market May 2005  A lot of these trunks were built by Sears back in the day. But without its manufacturers label it’s only a history lesson in trunks. It sat in the shop for almost a year before we tackled the task of restoring her. This beauty was completely stripped down to bare metal & wood. All wooden slats & inside was sanded down smooth. The handles & end caps were installed to replace the missing ones. The outer tin was painted with glossy black Rust-oleum paint. All remaining tin pieces were painted almond with rust-oleum high gloss finish. The slats covering the top & sides were given a golden Oak stain and three coats of Formby’s Tung oil, along with the inside of the trunk itself. The bottom was stripped of all rust & painted with two coats of black rust-oleum high gloss & two coats of tung oil. This trunk has its original wrap around wheels still in place & in fine working order. The original tray was still with this trunk & was also stripped & sanded, then given three coats of tung oil. After searching over a year for its key, we were finally able to find one in Red Bank, NJ. The cost was very high but, we want all our trunks to leave here as close to its orginal authenticity.

SOLD TO:  Brian Peters -  Nahant, MA

TRUNK # ITS4

Corbin Lock Co, New Britain, CT.

Key # ST1

Dimensions

Length: 32”  Height: 12 ¼”    Width: 19 “  Depth: 7 ¼”

         I bought this trunk at the Flea Market in Lynn, Ma. It took over six (6) weeks to be completely re-finished. No idea who the manufacturer of this sweet trunk was, but very nice craftsmanship to this one. This is called a low profile trunk, made for someone that likes to travel light. The following was done, to bring it back to its original beauty. The leather handles were gone & were replaced with new ones. The canvas was strip off the outside of the trunk, all metal parts were strip down to bare metal & removed of surface rust & paint. All metals were painted with Rust-oleum gloss black that leaves a very nice shine. All paper was removed inside to bring back to natural wood & have all the foul smells removed from inside. All wood was sanded over to a smooth surface. We used Minwax Golden Oak stain & Minwax tung oil for the five Oak horizontal slats running across the top and the ones (1 each) on the front & back sides. The whole trunk was then done over with Minwax Tung oil with three coats being applied. The original tray was missing, so a replacement was made.

   There was a traveling sticker on the side which read:

 (Town unreadable in) New Hampshire August 19-21, 1911. I couldn’t save it, even though I tried like heck.

        What you can’t see in the pictures is a stress crack on the top left of the trunk, which is about 4 inches long. It brings out the character of the trunk

SOLD TO: Matt Farrell - Wilmington, MA