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.

Beth This sounds like a very standard traveling trunk. Does it have a sticker or manufacturers name inside the lid? Mine, a bit smaller than yours, was made by Chatham & Son, Wolverhampton, England, and there are a couple of internet references them. Regards Judith On 29/06/2016 1:10 p.m., aotueka via wrote: > 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