A 19TH-CENTURY SEAMAN'S CHEST
constructed in yellow pine, the lid painted inside with depiction of a trading ship under full sail and inscribed under As She Shone In The Light of Declining Day: Each Sail Was Set and Each Heart Was Gay, inset ditty box with painted lid, the ends with rope Beckett-type handles, -- 16½ x 36 x 16in. (42 x 91.5 x 44.5cm.) overall, folder of data.

By tradition, this chest is associated with the clipper Taranaki , launched 1870 by Robert Duncan.

Condition Report
Structurally fine overall condition, originally lid would have been covered in tar canvas but now removed although copper retaining nails still in situ. Body would likely have been painted with a dark waterproof paint but has now been polished.

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