Posted 6 years ago
raineysgrl
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I purchased this at a garage sale and learned it is a Romadko Bros. Trunk called "Jewel". I am hoping to have it restored. The pics on the inside are beautiful for sure!
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I'am curious, as to how you determined that this trunk was made by Romadka bros. I'am not saying it's not, but it doesn't look like any Romadka bros. trunk I've ever seen, it doesn't have any Romadka bros. telltale hardware on it and I don't see a label, help me out here, greendog.
A gentleman with this old trunks sent me the catalog picture and it appears to be an exact match. Let me see if I can upload the catalog pic. It is all so fascinating to me! :-)
It does appear to be very much like the catalog picture, I'am still not seeing where it says made by Romadka bros. does your trunk have vertical wood slats on the ends, could not tell from pictures, I'am told that this was done by Romadka, but it was also done by others, trunk styles were copied, you could have three trunks made by three different trunk co. that look the same, but without a makers label very hard to say who made it. your trunk is a cross slat design, Patented by CA Taylor in 1880, along with most of the stamped hardware on the trunk, if you look close you will see it marked 1880, the alligator tin was patented around 1885,1886, your trunk was probably made around late 1880's to late 1890's give or take a bit, this style of trunk and hardware was used on thousands and thousands of trunks during this time, greendog.
I know Marvin Miller from this old trunk, if he thinks your trunk is a Romadka, then it probably is, he knows he stuff, greendog.