Small Strong box Germany 1620

M ELEY · 20th August 2024, 04:13 PM

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/

M ELEY · 13th October 2024, 12:24 PM

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1953673

13th October 2024, 12:24 PM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,097	here's the Christie's auction https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1953673

20th August 2024, 04:13 PM	#1
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,097	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/