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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 316029, member: 111&quot;]Been a while since I&#039;ve seen a crystallized tin trunk, from what can be seen, yours looks to be in pretty good condition...</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad&#039;s dating is probably about right, though it could be as early as the 1880s, or as late as a couple of decades into the 20th century.&nbsp; Rommel is not all that uncommon a name, went to school with one years ago, and the owner could have been either gender, the lithographs would have been applied by the manufacturer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a restored crystallized tin trunk:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.legacytrunks.com/Saratoga%20Cryatallized%20Tin%20103190/mainpage_103190.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.legacytrunks.com/Saratoga%20Cryatallized%20Tin%20103190/mainpage_103190.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.legacytrunks.com/Saratoga%20Cryatallized%20Tin%20103190/mainpage_103190.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://www.legacytrunks.com/Saratoga%20Cryatallized%20Tin%20103190/mainpage_103190.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.legacytrunks.com/Saratoga%20Cryatallized%20Tin%20103190/mainpage_103190.htm" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>And a clip from the 1898 Sears catalog:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]104870[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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