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<p>[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2463373, member: 6283"]I just found another miniature blanket chest of the era that [USER=12565]@Adrian Lewis[/USER] attributed mine too. It has similar features such as the little ripples or tiny little divots that look like faint dentils(?) on the edges, nails scattered on the bottom, similar hinges, lock and key and very comparable joints (joinery).</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps my box was made in Pennsylvania? Massachusetts is very close in location to Pennsylvania so it could have easily ended up in Massachusetts. Every mini blanket chest that looks very similar to mine from that era on the internet happens to be from Pennsylvania. I could be wrong, but this and the other Pennsylvanian boxes that I have found on the internet, really reminds me of the style of my box although this example is somewhat bigger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the dealers description and some of his photos...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]265583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]265580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]265581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]265582[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Here is a closeup of those little ripples on my box (don't know what they are called), that is similar to the edges of the box I see in the online dealer's photos (See first picture of this reply). I could be seeing things and maybe it is not little square shaped ripples and just grain or an optical illusion.</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]265588[/ATTACH] </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SYNCHRONCITY, post: 2463373, member: 6283"]I just found another miniature blanket chest of the era that [USER=12565]@Adrian Lewis[/USER] attributed mine too. It has similar features such as the little ripples or tiny little divots that look like faint dentils(?) on the edges, nails scattered on the bottom, similar hinges, lock and key and very comparable joints (joinery). Perhaps my box was made in Pennsylvania? Massachusetts is very close in location to Pennsylvania so it could have easily ended up in Massachusetts. Every mini blanket chest that looks very similar to mine from that era on the internet happens to be from Pennsylvania. I could be wrong, but this and the other Pennsylvanian boxes that I have found on the internet, really reminds me of the style of my box although this example is somewhat bigger. Here is the dealers description and some of his photos... [ATTACH=full]265583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]265580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]265581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]265582[/ATTACH] [B]Here is a closeup of those little ripples on my box (don't know what they are called), that is similar to the edges of the box I see in the online dealer's photos (See first picture of this reply). I could be seeing things and maybe it is not little square shaped ripples and just grain or an optical illusion. [ATTACH=full]265588[/ATTACH] [/B][/QUOTE]
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