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<p>[QUOTE="WilliamTK1974, post: 4252435, member: 20965"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, my mother gave me her hope chest, which is made out of cedar. I remember this chest being both at my house growing up and at my grandparents’ house. I assumed that it had been purchased in the late 50s or early 60s as that would have been when my mother would have been in her mid teens. I started looking at it when I got home, and it made me think it may have been put together from a kit. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337707[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I called and asked for more information, and mama told me that the chest had belonged to her great-grandfather’s older sister, who was born in 1875. I’m guessing she got married around 1900 or a little before, which would make the chest no less than 121 years old. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337710[/ATTACH] I’ve wiped the outside and inside down with clean, damp cloths. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of nails and screws have gone AWOL, but it seems solid overall. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]337716[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]337717[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I can’t find any maker’s marks anywhere. All I could find were these two stamps:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]337718[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]337719[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That’s all I know. Can someone help out by providing additional information if they have it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you,</p><p>-William[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WilliamTK1974, post: 4252435, member: 20965"]Hello everyone, Recently, my mother gave me her hope chest, which is made out of cedar. I remember this chest being both at my house growing up and at my grandparents’ house. I assumed that it had been purchased in the late 50s or early 60s as that would have been when my mother would have been in her mid teens. I started looking at it when I got home, and it made me think it may have been put together from a kit. [ATTACH=full]337707[/ATTACH] I called and asked for more information, and mama told me that the chest had belonged to her great-grandfather’s older sister, who was born in 1875. I’m guessing she got married around 1900 or a little before, which would make the chest no less than 121 years old. [ATTACH=full]337710[/ATTACH] I’ve wiped the outside and inside down with clean, damp cloths. [ATTACH=full]337713[/ATTACH] A couple of nails and screws have gone AWOL, but it seems solid overall. [ATTACH=full]337716[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337717[/ATTACH] I can’t find any maker’s marks anywhere. All I could find were these two stamps: [ATTACH=full]337718[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]337719[/ATTACH] That’s all I know. Can someone help out by providing additional information if they have it? Thank you, -William[/QUOTE]
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