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Furniture1308 of 14435Rocking chair 1880's Mahogany Commercial Food Preparation Table
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    Posted 4 years ago

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    bluebirdlosi
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    found this trunk in the mountains in a old mine has pat oct 2 1883 on it, its in pretty good shape it has two wheels on one side and I belive the deceptive metal is zinc

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    1. Drill Drill, 4 years ago

      https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/9c/dc/f1/de7356379d5106/US312715-drawings-page-1.png

      https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US369147-0.png

      The embossed metal pattern is tin.Here are two patent image possibilities.One is 1885 the other is 1887. There were hundreds of manufacturers.Without a label it's hard to say who made it.

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