[MR] Baskets, chests

[David Chessler]

These are fairly common at antiques stores, second-hand stores, and flea
markets. Some can still be found in need of (re)finishing, but they are so
popular that prices may be high. I had some friends who refinished and resold
chests as a paying hobby.

Most will be large enough to be useful, but heavy. Most will be 19th C. 

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YIS

Davitt il Bigollo da Pisa
Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
Storvik (rapier)
Roxbury Mill (other things) 

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:33:10 PM EDT
From: "Garth G. Groff" <ggg9y at virginia.edu>
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: [MR] Baskets, chests

> Friends,
> 
> For some time I've been looking for a round-topped chest to carry our 
> feast gear and other junk in to events. I have a small one of these 
> chests, picked up to use as a pirate's chest for a treasure hunt, but it 
> is small. I haven't been able to locate anything like this, except for 
> some really bad looking stain-it-yourself toy boxes at Michaels. I have 
> been checking Michaels (which used to sell something like what I want) 
> World Market, Pier One, Marshalls, Big Lots (where my small chest came 
> from), and several other places, but no such luck. I've also checked 
> online at Overstock.com, but the only there are some very expensive 
> Peruvian leather covered chests. I am open to ideas of you might have.
> 
> Yesterday I was looking at some willow hampers with separate tops at 
> World Market. Can anyone comment on whether something like this would be 
> appropriate for the late 15th century?
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Mungo Napier, Archer of Mallard Lodge
> (mka Garth Groff)
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