Old Chest !! How Old??

Hi Folks,
Drove out 90 miles to visit with a buddy that I now only see about once a year. I pull in the drive to see hi car hauler loaded up for a trip to the dump. He had lots of odds and ends thrown on there but this caught my eye. I was like "that's cool", and he was like "you better get it outta there then cause its headed to the dump in the morning"
Well , I couldn't let that happen. So anyway here are some pictures. How old is this thing? It has a name on the inside Thomas Kraus maybe? A big A B and a N6 underneath. The A B look fancy carved maybe? I just couldn't let it go to the dump.
Looks like some roller wheels were added somewhere along the way but they are falling off and don't seem to fit the look anyway.
Thanks for any help.

 

The name.

 

Overall construction seems quite old and then the hinges and lock plate make no sense.....flat head screws??


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I think it's a bench made coffin.....

 

or an old dowry box.....

 

old toolbox from a building worker ? scribble looks like Thomas Kraus

 

Would think sometime in the third quarter of the 19th century.

 

Thank you all very much.

 

The name does look like Thomas Kraus. Looks like there is some writing below that, but I can't make it out.

 

exactly how big...or small is this thing..?

 

yes , there looks to be another name but just too faded to be sure.

 

It is pretty big at 37"long x 16"deep x 16high"