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Description

The listing, Chest has ended.

Mint condition chest,w/ some scratches and dents on it!Nice item to put items in whether it's jewelry or what etc.It has a picture of a vase w/ flowers on the top of it,has engraved designs on the top and sides.Not sure if this was a cigar box ,or just a chest.The fancy designed leg came off,but the footing is still there for all 4 sides!!(view the 1st pic larger to see that the right footing is off from the front of it.)Other then that,its a nice item.

Questions & Comments

When my mother and grandmother were High school seniors (even my sister in '72) graduating girls would be invited down to furniture stores to look at cedar "Hope Chest". Cedar Chests like the one you are offering were given to these "shoppers" whether or not they bought a hope chest or not. All three of them... my grandmother, mother and sister, ended up buying one. I think my mother still has her miniture "give-away" and keeps old family photos in it (she will be 79 this month), don't know if my sister has either one, but I have my grandmother's full size one and I have promised it to my daughter. This brings back a lot of memories. Glad you brought it to the listia community to consider.

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 7:25:24 PM PDT by

Oh wow,I did not know that,very interesting to know about the background of it!!!I had no clue when I first got it,what it was really.Happy Birthday btw to your mother this month!That's FANTASTIC it bringing back memories :) I am certainly glad that I brought this to Listia as well!!

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 7:56:18 PM PDT by

Per wikipedia, mint condition is, "Mint condition is often used to describe a collectible item ... that ... is as good as new without any scratches or other damage."

Oct 5th, 2011 at 8:45:28 AM PDT by

Ok,first of all wiki isn't a reliable source,you can beg to differ,but that's the truth!!Second,if you want to criticize someone,don't b/c it's not working.Third,why gripe about something if you don't planning on bidding on it!! What to make me look bad?!?!

Sincerely,
Ms. Webster!

Oct 5th, 2011 at 1:54:05 PM PDT by

I have a box very similar to this one that belonged to my grandmother, tho mine is a little larger in demension. I had considered listing it for auction, but after hearing something about how these boxes came about, I think i have decided to hang onto mine and pass it on to one of my daughters... maybe ill win this one and come across another to give to my other 2 girls... lol

Oct 6th, 2011 at 9:19:24 AM PDT by

That's great!! Hope you win it for your other daughter,if you decide to bid on it.Good Luck!

Oct 6th, 2011 at 11:52:09 AM PDT by

This is a very nice peace and can clean up easy, I have one almost like it, the paint is from aging, this peace is very old and looks to been taken care of very well, I am watching and would love to have this in my home, I collect old boxes like this...I will be watching & may bid if I get my credits up..Good luck Ohio1993.. Very nice Auction.. Wishing you great luck...

Oct 5th, 2011 at 9:47:25 PM PDT by

Thank You,appreciate your comment!!that's great you collect old antique boxes!

Oct 6th, 2011 at 5:56:10 AM PDT by

Awesome item, fanned you and watching

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 2:51:03 PM PDT by

Thank You!! fanned back.

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 2:57:16 PM PDT by

antect road show would of loved to apraise this cool stash box

Oct 7th, 2011 at 12:06:40 AM PDT by

Haha maybe,,maybe lol thanks for the comment.fanned ya btw

Oct 7th, 2011 at 6:17:22 AM PDT by

watching and fanned... beautiful item... good luck

Oct 6th, 2011 at 9:56:28 PM PDT by

Thanks fanned ya back!!

Oct 7th, 2011 at 6:17:56 AM PDT by

Fanned and watching

Oct 6th, 2011 at 5:04:14 PM PDT by

Thanks fanned back!!

Oct 6th, 2011 at 5:55:00 PM PDT by

I have my hope chest still from when I was 16 and that is along time ago. I never knew about these boxes so it was interesting to learn. I like to find wood items and fix them up and this is lovely. I am watching and bidding.

Oct 6th, 2011 at 1:21:11 PM PDT by

These hope chests are really neat!! Yeah thankfully someone filled me in on what it was lol.That is an exciting hobby to fix up items made of wood,also interesting what you may find from what other people have!

Oct 6th, 2011 at 1:49:23 PM PDT by

could you please share pictures of the inside of the box??? You can ask Listia to upload them if you can't update it any other way..

To me.. the inside is as important as the outside of the box.

Oct 6th, 2011 at 12:18:54 PM PDT by

No Problem,i should have revealed a 360 degree of the inside.I will upload pictures of it ASAP!! Thank you for asking about it!

Oct 6th, 2011 at 12:56:01 PM PDT by

this is a very lovely piece and I am watching it and fanned you... however I do find it funny that it says "mint condition with scratches, dents, and the leg came off"... I read that and was like... hmmmmm.... mint condition apparently doesn't mean what I thought it did... =P

Oct 6th, 2011 at 9:36:18 AM PDT by

Thanks fanned back!! Yes lol i do apologize for stating that it is in "mint condition" i wasn't stating false info,it was jst that i didn't thoroughly check to make sure everything was good in the description.

Oct 6th, 2011 at 11:48:52 AM PDT by

So cute! Fanned u, pls fan me back.

Oct 6th, 2011 at 8:25:49 AM PDT by

Thanks,and Yes I always fan listians back,if they fan me :)

Oct 6th, 2011 at 11:53:02 AM PDT by

hello
this is a very-extremly nice chest- but how can it be mint condition if it has a few scratches and dents in it- maybe excellent condition but it is not mint- sorry I am a big big collector. of many things

Oct 5th, 2011 at 4:19:37 PM PDT by

Thanks,yeah i apologize for stating that it is in mint condition..GL if ur going to bid on it.

Oct 5th, 2011 at 6:11:42 PM PDT by

Very nice auction!

Oct 4th, 2011 at 3:32:18 PM PDT by

Thank You!!

Oct 4th, 2011 at 4:35:07 PM PDT by

Fanned you and watching

Oct 4th, 2011 at 9:54:05 AM PDT by

Thank You!! Fanned back!

Oct 4th, 2011 at 10:31:06 AM PDT by

fanned you. very pretty.

Oct 4th, 2011 at 6:54:03 AM PDT by

Appreciate it!! fanned back.

Oct 4th, 2011 at 10:46:26 AM PDT by

Fanned and watching.

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 11:48:51 AM PDT by

Thanks,fanned back!

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 1:40:46 PM PDT by

Nice auction and fanned.

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 3:22:03 PM PDT by

Appreciate it!! fanned back :)

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 4:04:21 PM PDT by

Nice item! Fanned you.

Oct 5th, 2011 at 1:30:29 PM PDT by

Thank You!! fanned back.

Oct 5th, 2011 at 1:47:43 PM PDT by

Fanned

Oct 5th, 2011 at 5:20:58 AM PDT by

Thanks!! fanned back.

Oct 5th, 2011 at 1:55:04 PM PDT by

awesome!

Oct 5th, 2011 at 4:45:00 AM PDT by

Thanks!!

Oct 5th, 2011 at 5:09:44 AM PDT by

Hi, how big is the chest?

Oct 4th, 2011 at 6:03:56 PM PDT by

It's 10 1/2 inches wide and 3 1/2 inches tall.(front & back) Sides Width is 6inches.

Oct 4th, 2011 at 7:05:57 PM PDT by

fanned and love it, The one I got when I graduated was just a plain cedar box

Oct 4th, 2011 at 4:46:30 PM PDT by

Why thank you!! fanned back as well.Oh ok,well at least I know the background of the chests now.And it does have pretty cool designs on it too.

Oct 4th, 2011 at 5:19:25 PM PDT by

Fanned and bidding! Nice piece!

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 6:01:37 PM PDT by

Thank You!! fanned back.

Oct 3rd, 2011 at 7:00:02 PM PDT by

I have a similar one as well....Thanks for listing...fanned you

Oct 7th, 2011 at 5:10:59 AM PDT by

Nice! thank You fanned back

Oct 7th, 2011 at 6:15:06 AM PDT by

Very cool!

Oct 8th, 2011 at 7:11:05 AM PDT by

Thanks!!

Oct 8th, 2011 at 10:09:21 AM PDT by

wow alot of comments lol fanned and watched

Oct 8th, 2011 at 2:15:22 PM PDT by

Yep lol,2 pages worth.Thanks Fanned back!!

Oct 8th, 2011 at 4:05:46 PM PDT by

oooo

Oct 9th, 2011 at 10:38:24 AM PDT by

Oct 9th, 2011 at 12:02:58 PM PDT by

fanned and watching great auction.

Oct 9th, 2011 at 8:18:11 PM PDT by

Thank You!! fanned back.

Oct 9th, 2011 at 9:38:10 PM PDT by

fanned and watching very beautful

Oct 10th, 2011 at 8:33:16 AM PDT by

Thank You!! fanned back.

Oct 10th, 2011 at 11:47:30 AM PDT by

Chest is in the Antiques category