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ANTIQUE RAILROAD-STEAMER TRUNK; H. LIKLY & CO., EXC.
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VINTAGE RAILROAD/STEAMER TRUNK; H. LIKLY & CO., EXCELLENT ! THIS VICTORIAN "SWEET GABION" TRUNK WAS MADE BY THE POPULAR "H. LIKLY & CO." PROBABLY IN THE LATE 1800'S. THE PICTURED LABEL COMES INTO BEING IN THE LATE 1870'S AND READS IN IT'S ENTIRETY: "HENRY LIKLY & CO, MAKERS, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 1844, TRADEMARK". TRUNK IS 36 1/2" X 21 1/2" X 13 1/2", PERFECT HEIGHT FOR A COFFEE TABLE. WEIGHT IS 47 POUNDS. TRUNK COMPOSITION IS WOOD, CANVAS, METAL (BRASS, COPPER, OTHER), OAK AND LEATHER. IT APPEARS TO BE IN ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED CONDITION, UNREFINISHED OR REPAIRED. I BELIEVE IT WAS LACQUERED OR VARNISHED AS A CONDITION OF USE. COLOR OF THE TRUNK IS BROWN. INAFTER ALL CONDITION STATEMENTS ARE AGE APPROPRIATE TO A USED ANTIQUE. IT IS NOT A REFINISHED PIECE. THE METAL LATCHES, CORNERS, SKIDS, RIVETS, HANDLE HARDWARE AND HINGES ARE EXCELLENT. NONE MISSING, ALL SECURE. SWIVEL LOCK AND PLATE, BY EAGLE LOCK COMPANY, IS LOCKED OPEN, SECURE AND IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. T IS NO KEY. ALL NINE OAK STAYS ARE EXCELLENT. ALL SECURE AND IN PLACE, NONE BROKEN. ALL DECORATIVE LEATHER IS VERY GOOD, IN PLACE AND INTACT, NO MISSING TACKS. T IS SOME CHIPPING AND CRACKING, AND A FEW SMALL SPOTS W THE LEATHER IS OUT DOWN TO THE CANVAS. VERY NICE OVERALL, NO NEED FOR REPAIR UNLESS YOU WANT TO REDO ALL THE LEATHER. LEATHER HANDLES AT EACH END ARE MISSING. WOOD SHEATHING OF TRUNK AND TRAY IS VERY GOOD. NO HOLES, BREAKS OR CRACKS THAT I CAN DETERMINE. THE BOTTOM HALF, FRONT AND BACK, HAS A SLIGHT BELLY CUP. I SEE NO PROBLEM AND THE TRUNK SHOULD LOCK SECURELY. OUTSIDE CANVAS COVERING IS GOOD, WITH A FEW SMALL WEAR HOLES AT THE SEAMS. T ARE A FEW AREAS W THE CANVAS HAS LIFTED OFF THE WOOD SUBSTRATE. NO RIPS OR TEARS. A FEW LACQUERED-OVER PARTIALLY READABLE SHIPPING LABELS ADORN THE OUTSIDE, AND "E.E.P." IS STENCILED AT ONE END. "LIKLY" MAKERS PLATE, TOP FRONT AND CENTER IS EXCELLENT. A WORD ABOUT THE METAL HARDWARE ON THE TRUNK. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL BRASS AND SPOTTED A FEW SMALL AREAS GENTLY WITH STEEL WOOL. TURNS OUT THE BOTTOM SKID PLATES AND CORNER REINFORCEMENTS AT THE LID JOINT ARE COPPER. STRUT END CAPS AND RIVETS ARE BRASS. THE LOCK, LATCHES AND HANDLE MOUNTS ARE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER. OTHER RIVETS, TACKS AND HINGES ARE UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY COPPER OR BRASS. NEW OWNER GETS WHATEVER ORIGINAL QUALITY PARTS LIKLY & CO. CHOSE AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. INSIDE OF THE TRUNK IS FAIR TO GOOD WITH A FEW RIPS, TEARS AND HANGING PIECES. IT COULD BE RELINED IF DESIRED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE ALMOST PERFECT MAKERS LABEL IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP BACK WALL. YOU'LL FIGURE YOUR WAY AROUND IT. COPPER LOCK UP HINGE AND TRAY LOCK UP HOOK ARE IN PLACE, FUNCTIONING, AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I SEE A FEW OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE LIQUID STAINS ON THE FLOOR, AND T IS A SLIGHT ODOR OF MILDEW. LIKEWISE ON THE TRAY AND TRAY LID. STRUCTURALLY THE TRAY IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, AND THE LINING IS SOMEWHAT BETTER THAN THAT OF THE TRUNK. ALL COPPER OR BRASS CORNER AND DIVIDER TIES ARE IN PLACE AND IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. TRAY LOCK UP LATCH IS MISSING. OVERALL TRAY LID IS IN FAIR SHAPE. CENTERFOLD HINGES ARE GOOD AND IN PLACE. LID IS DETACHED FROM THE TRAY. TWO OF THE THREE HINGES ARE IN PLACE AND GOOD, THEY COULD PROBABLY BE REATTACHED TO THE TRAY. THE THIRD IS HALF MISSING. T IS ONLY ONE OF THREE LEATHER SNAP BUTTONS REMAINING ON THE LID. IT'S EMBOSSED "H L & CO." ON THE BUTTON. ALL THREE PINS REMAIN ON THE LID. THE LEATHER REMNANTS OF THE OTHER SNAP BUTTONS ARE ON THE TRAY. T YOU HAVE IT, A FINE EXAMPLE OF HIGH QUALITY 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP BY A WELL KNOWN MAKER. I CONSIDER THE PIECE OVERALL TO BE IN EXTREMELY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION. WITH A LITTLE DETERGENT AND FURNITURE POLISH YOU HAVE A PRESENTABLE COFFEE TABLE HEIGHT ADDITION TO YOUR LIVING ROOM OR DEN. THE EASY JOB OF POLISHING THE HARDWARE, RIVETS AND ADDING THE TWO LEATHER HANDLES WOULD MAKE IT SPECTACULAR. A FULL NATURAL RESTORATION, WHICH I DON'T... 
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