Saturday, September 01, 2012
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
ANTIQUE locking PINE BOX older wrought iron RAT TAIL HINGES -$41
Up front: The word “puzzling” was used because I believe the box dates to somewhere around 1885 to 1915, but the hinges are much older. I’m not sure when dovetailing was first done by someone’s inventive machine, and I’m not even certain what to call those dovetails. “Rabbit-Ear” has been used, and so has “flat-tab.”
None of that matters a hill of beans anyway. It is a fine and authentic antique box with two iron handles, a hasp and the lock that was on it when I found it.
