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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2706053, member: 8267&quot;]It seems the small size of Aquitaine&#039;s would suggest it belonged to an individual sailor - a &quot;sea chest&quot; - rather than being used for ship&#039;s equipment - a more general purpose &quot;stowage chest&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.thepirateslair.com/images/naval-nautical-antiques/sea-chest-in-galley.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Left to right - sailor sitting on &quot;ditty&quot; box, sailor sitting on &quot;sea chest&quot;. and in background a &quot;stowage&quot; chest, c.1890s.</p><p><a href="http://www.thepirateslair.com/authentic-antique-nautical-naval-sea-chests.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thepirateslair.com/authentic-antique-nautical-naval-sea-chests.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thepirateslair.com/authentic-antique-nautical-naval-sea-chests.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.thepirateslair.com/images/authentic-antique-sea-chests/u.s.s.-newark-berth-deck-ca1891-1901.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sailor seated on sea chest, using stowage chest as table for his sewing machine.(same website - he includes other original photos showing mostly stowage chests in use.) He also notes &quot;Finding real authentic sea chests and certainly stowage chests are next to impossible as they have been lost to time and use, especially the stowage chests which were used on weather decks!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Being small, useful, romantic, and historically &quot;homemade&quot; by a sailor himself, sea chests are probably prime candidates for reproductions/fakes. I came across several websites for wood workers describing plans and methods for making your own.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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