Thanks for all the suggestions. The inside of my trunk has old newspapers stuck all over the inside so I cannot see any makers marks that may have been inside. But I will check it out and see what I can find.  So far I have only found one other image like it on the internet. I may have to just make a leap of faith and guess that it is circa 1870ish - but if I find anything else out I'll let you guys know. Thanks. Beth Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.-------- Original message --------From: aotueka via <[email protected]> Date: 29/06/2016 1:10 pm (GMT+12:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [nz] Metal steamer trunk Hello. I have a metal steamer trunk that I understand belonged to my gr-gr-grandmother.  She had it circa 1880/1890.  It has riveted reinforced corners and the lid is kinda rounded on the edges. And it is relatively weighty. They have a duplicate at the Auckland Maritime Museum in the immigrant ship display.  But when I asked then about the trunk such as the dates that such trunks would have been used etc, they claimed to know nothing. I'd like to find out about them but came up blank on the internet.  Does anyone know of these or have any idea about the date of them? The dimensions are 460mm high x 500mm deep x 740mm wide. Thanks, Beth Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message