Victorian Pitch Pine Trunk 19th Century

Name: Victorian Pitch Pine & Brass Bound Trunk
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1224244
Price: 650 GBP
Availability: InStock

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A rectangular Victorian pitch pine storage trunk featuring reinforced brass corner straps, strap hinges, side handles, and a keyhole with a black tassel.

Victorian Pitch Pine & Brass Bound Trunk

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During the Victorian era, pitch pine was widely favoured for utility chests and sea trunks due to its strength, straight grain, and high resin content, which offered natural resistance to wear.

These chests typically combine dense softwoods or hardwoods, such as pitch pine or teak, with protective brass corner straps, heavy strap hinges, and side carrying handles.

Authentic 19th-century trunks exhibit period craftsmanship including hand-cut dovetail joints, original lock plates, aged patina across the metalwork, and natural shrinkage in the timber boards.

A brass-bound trunk serves functional dual purposes in contemporary spaces, functioning as a central coffee table in a living area or as blanket storage positioned at the foot of a bed.

To preserve pitch pine, apply a clear wax polish periodically along the wood grain and keep the item away from direct heat sources, leaving brass fittings unpolished to maintain historical oxidisation.

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Victorian Pitch Pine & Brass Bound Trunk