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<p>[QUOTE="hrgquest, post: 9544719, member: 82758"]And just because I've gone down a rabbit hole and am curious now: I've been trying to do some more research, and this particular chest keeps popping up as one of the results: <a href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/2248127-RL0000381/1800x27s-Dutch-Colonial-Indonesia-Wooden-Trunk?gclid=Cj0KCQjwx5qoBhDyARIsAPbMagBGN-w8cFd-YXEoYPhSYqKHxfF-2gnNuT-z-vSiIjiXrb3A2rnCEc0aAqPGEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/2248127-RL0000381/1800x27s-Dutch-Colonial-Indonesia-Wooden-Trunk?gclid=Cj0KCQjwx5qoBhDyARIsAPbMagBGN-w8cFd-YXEoYPhSYqKHxfF-2gnNuT-z-vSiIjiXrb3A2rnCEc0aAqPGEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubylane.com/item/2248127-RL0000381/1800x27s-Dutch-Colonial-Indonesia-Wooden-Trunk?gclid=Cj0KCQjwx5qoBhDyARIsAPbMagBGN-w8cFd-YXEoYPhSYqKHxfF-2gnNuT-z-vSiIjiXrb3A2rnCEc0aAqPGEALw_wcB</a></p><p><br /></p><p>To my very untrained eye, it doesn't look mid-1800s--mostly because the wood doesn't seem to have much wear, especially at the bottom, and it looks like they just left a space to mimic where the lock would go. But I could very easily be wrong. In your opinion(s), is this a recent replica, or is it an actual antique in really good condition that just looks different to the few examples that I've seen?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hrgquest, post: 9544719, member: 82758"]And just because I've gone down a rabbit hole and am curious now: I've been trying to do some more research, and this particular chest keeps popping up as one of the results: [URL]https://www.rubylane.com/item/2248127-RL0000381/1800x27s-Dutch-Colonial-Indonesia-Wooden-Trunk?gclid=Cj0KCQjwx5qoBhDyARIsAPbMagBGN-w8cFd-YXEoYPhSYqKHxfF-2gnNuT-z-vSiIjiXrb3A2rnCEc0aAqPGEALw_wcB[/URL] To my very untrained eye, it doesn't look mid-1800s--mostly because the wood doesn't seem to have much wear, especially at the bottom, and it looks like they just left a space to mimic where the lock would go. But I could very easily be wrong. In your opinion(s), is this a recent replica, or is it an actual antique in really good condition that just looks different to the few examples that I've seen?[/QUOTE]
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