Rams Head Antiques

Description

This is a handsome and very characterful Georgian travelling trunk which dates from around 1820. The chest is in solid cedar wood and is covered in leather & pony skin with decorative close nailed brass studding to the top and sides. This has its original, good quality, lock & lift solid brass carrying handles and brass corner guards. It also has it's original brass lock (no key) and lifting ring to the front. The trunk has the initials, 'F F', of it's original owner to the front also. The hide is generally in very good order for it's age and it has a beautiful patination to the top where it has been rubbed over the years.
The chest is a good size measuring 93cm long by 46cm wide by 40cm high.
Rams Head Antiques of Wolsingham, Weardale. Open Saturdays 11 - 5 or by appointment. You are most welcome to call and collect or delivery can be arranged at cost, unless free delivery is specified in the item description.
Rams Head Antiques is a family business based in County Durham. We have been in the antiques trade for almost thirty years. We stock a wide and varied range of antiques and decorative items including Georgian and Victorian furniture, mirrors, oil paintings and prints, ceramics, clocks, rugs, oriental items and militaria.
We can arrange delivery on all the items we have in stock, please ask for an accurate quote.
We offer a full money back guarantee if you are not happy for whatever reason within a seven day period as long as the buyer pays for return transport.