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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9732943, member: 4654"]It's old lol, I would say 1700-1750. The problem with dating something that's totally hand made is who made it and where, were they at the forefront of lock making for the time or were they in some backwater 40 or 50 years behind the times? The mahogany looks Cuban and no one would make a chest (large bit of utilitarian furniture) from Cuban mahogany after 1780 because it was already running out and the price was so high.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 9732943, member: 4654"]It's old lol, I would say 1700-1750. The problem with dating something that's totally hand made is who made it and where, were they at the forefront of lock making for the time or were they in some backwater 40 or 50 years behind the times? The mahogany looks Cuban and no one would make a chest (large bit of utilitarian furniture) from Cuban mahogany after 1780 because it was already running out and the price was so high.[/QUOTE]
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