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    18th century liquor chest

    OK,OK!
    its not a sporran,sgian,or targe.But I needed a way to carry my hand blown glass bottles to events without them breaking.

    Liquor chests were common pieces of an officers luggage in both Europe and America . So I'm going to assume that a Scottish Laird would travel with a liquor chest and that they would have been common in Scotland.

    I based my copy on several I had seen from the 18th century


    I made the box out of Pine,and covered it with Leather and brass tacks.
    I hand made the brass corners from sheet brass cut out handle plates from sheet iron and forged the handles from square stock


    a look at the inside shows the hand blown bottles from Colonial Williamsburg

    two stacked trays hold 4 pewter Jefferson cups


    under the trays there is room for a pipe,tobacco,and cards to help you relax while enjoying your favorite scotch

    The hinges and hasp I going to use came out of an old cabin in Montana


    I just need to attach the hinges and hasp and it will be ready for use.
    Last edited by Joe Gondek; 2nd May 11 at 10:12 PM.
    I'm an 18th century guy born into the 20th century and have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

    We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing"

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