Large Wooden Box what is it?

Tea chest?

 

Size, please? Looks like a hand-made old storage box... people made them from found/scrap wood. I have a couple sitting around here that hold old dishes or tools.
Wild guess @1900-1925?

 

The printing looks like __?__ 5070 Black ____(PTL?)____ Rotterdam.

 

Kingjoker, when you say "large" what exactly do you mean? Could you possibly measure it and give the measurements here?

I'd also like to know the depth of the top (lid) as well as the depth of the bottom of the box.

Is that paper (albeit two different "prints") lining the inside of the top of the box and is it paper lining the inside of the bottom of the box?

Also what are those four(?) lines of "words" on the back of the box.

 

15 inches from across the top left to right, 7 1/2 inches from bottom to top, & 9 inches from back top to front

 

I only needed the lock to figure the size....
Which is about 12" x 6" x 6".

 

At first glance it looks like a "document box" . . . but who knows how large "large" is.

Just curious . . . did a/the key come with it?

 

no there was no key that came with it I had it for about 3 years still don't know what it is

 

Well done, KingofThings, you weren't off by tooooo much.

 

Truth be told that was supposed to be 13 not 12 but thank you.
I was more wanting to point out that a part could help with such estimates.
I know this would be hard to do on a phone.

 

Most large antique shops should have lots of keys. One shall/should fit.
Note: see keys......buy them!

 

I'm getting an odd feeling about the crackled surface and the way it's put together. I'd like to see the joints. My husband is a locksmith and makes keys for antique furniture and chests all the time by impressioning. We always look for old keys at yard sales and thrift stores.

 

I think the inside is painted, I looked through a scope for dots did not find any to be a print .

 

Do you think it might be a bible box?

 

Well ,its got rails where a tray would have gone , so Im going with document box . I love the inside .

 

Looks to be a document or keepsake box to me. Pine with old alligatored varnish. Interior is wallpaper, much of which was silkscreened, stenciled or block-printed on rollers. It is possible that there is hand coloring or embellishment to it. I would think that someone would be able to date the wallpaper pretty precisely. My best guesstimate is late 19th century.

 

Hi,
Reminds me of mine but mine has a larger lock for a bit key. Mine has two little boxes that sits on the sides on those rails. I think mine is sitting behind the sofa.
I'll dig it out and photograph it.
greg

 

Hi,
Here is my box it is 16" by 7" X 8" high
greg