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Join Date: Aug 2021
Location: Germany
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Thank you very much, but this is not a pirate chest. It is a "normal" chest for important documents and money, like many commoners had in the 17th century. The size of the chest is quite rare, large chests are actually the norm. The condition of the chest is outstandingly good
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Join Date: Mar 2023
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Great strongbox , seldom seen one in such a good condition.Congratulation !!. If you look around in literature, similar pieces are dated from the end of the 16th.century till the beginning of the 18th.century.What are features to date these strongboxes exactly ? Mostly it is said that they were made in Nürnberg .Are there any proves for that ? Obviously thy were painted and the paintings dissappeared in most cases. Would be glad to own one...
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NC, U.S.A.
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Sigh...I know that this particular lovely specimen isn't a pirate chest, but the point is these types were used by virtually everyone that was considered a person of merit, from rich merchants to bankers, military officers to yep, rich pirates!Thomas Tew, a powerful merchant and pirate from New York during the mid-1600s, owned a much larger chest and one that is the only certified example of a so-called pirate artifact known. Here's a link-
https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.62554/ |
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