18th century liquor chest

**Joe Gondek** · 2nd May 11, 10:04 PM

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.