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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 9317392, member: 6444&quot;]Man, I completely disagree. I don’t see the possibility of what we are looking at as being any earlier than mid-19th century at the earliest, and very possibly decades later. I’ve never seen identical round head tacks like those that are covering this piece until mass production of hardware was in full swing, I.e. mid 19th or later. No reason to think leather is older than that either.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the oldest looking hardware, what looks like hand cut decoration for what should be a front latch surround, doesn’t fit or work with the latch hardware hanging from the lid (keyhole or hasp anyone?) and covers what looks like a patched in repair to the wood behind it - I.e. it looks like it was added to cover up a repair and look misleadingly old. Hinges - (not shown)?; handles (inside and out)?</p><p><br /></p><p>Drawers have hand cut dovetails with glued on bottoms, but that was done on small drawers like this throughout 19th century and relatively easy to do on small drawers like this even today. How big is this - looks less than 2 feet long, so wood not particularly wide, nor does the rounded wood look hand finished from what we can see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe there is something inside, or underneath, that will show substantial age, but from the pics so far, I’m just not seeing it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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