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Old 15th August 2024, 10:05 PM   #1
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Default Small Strong box Germany 1620

My new Strong Box, nuremberg/germany 1620-50 in mint condition

20x20x33cm
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Old 16th August 2024, 07:14 AM   #2
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Merenti, that is an incredible strong box!! These pieces are always so amazing to me in their craftsmanship, durability, and mechanism. Many of these types saw sea service and the only authenticated 'pirate chest' was one of this type in the Pirate Museum in St. Augustine, Florida. You are a lucky fellow to own it!!
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Old 17th August 2024, 01:38 PM   #3
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Thank you very much, but this is not a pirate chest. It is a "normal" chest for important documents and money, like many commoners had in the 17th century. The size of the chest is quite rare, large chests are actually the norm. The condition of the chest is outstandingly good
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Old 19th August 2024, 10:29 PM   #4
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Great strongbox , seldom seen one in such a good condition.Congratulation !!. If you look around in literature, similar pieces are dated from the end of the 16th.century till the beginning of the 18th.century.What are features to date these strongboxes exactly ? Mostly it is said that they were made in Nürnberg .Are there any proves for that ? Obviously thy were painted and the paintings dissappeared in most cases. Would be glad to own one...
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Old 20th August 2024, 04:13 PM   #5
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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/
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Old 13th October 2024, 12:24 PM   #6
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https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-1953673
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