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<p>[QUOTE="Craig Parton, post: 289040, member: 5837"]Hello everyone, I recently acquired an antique wooden box. I was told it was a "ship captains" box or something like that. It is wood with all brass hinges, knobs, and decorations. It has a compartment in lid that drops down. You can turn the center knob in the bottom compartment to release it. Under the bottom compartment, there is a false bottom (you can see the hinges in the pic). To open this, you take two screws out of one of the feet and turn the foot to open the latch.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to be pretty old, and everything works except the main latch for the box. I think it's a very interesting piece and was curious is anyone would know how old it might be. From what I understand a lot of these were custom made. I suppose assigning a value would be difficult, although I'm mainly curious about how old it is and what kind of things might have been stored in it. There are no identifying markings of ANY kind. Hopefully the pictures will shed some light on this mysterious little box. Thank you in advance for any information you might provide!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]93391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93392[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Parton, post: 289040, member: 5837"]Hello everyone, I recently acquired an antique wooden box. I was told it was a "ship captains" box or something like that. It is wood with all brass hinges, knobs, and decorations. It has a compartment in lid that drops down. You can turn the center knob in the bottom compartment to release it. Under the bottom compartment, there is a false bottom (you can see the hinges in the pic). To open this, you take two screws out of one of the feet and turn the foot to open the latch. It seems to be pretty old, and everything works except the main latch for the box. I think it's a very interesting piece and was curious is anyone would know how old it might be. From what I understand a lot of these were custom made. I suppose assigning a value would be difficult, although I'm mainly curious about how old it is and what kind of things might have been stored in it. There are no identifying markings of ANY kind. Hopefully the pictures will shed some light on this mysterious little box. Thank you in advance for any information you might provide! [ATTACH=full]93391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93392[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]93396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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