OLD TREASURE CHEST.
SHIPMENT TO CHRISTCHURCH. An iron box of great ngfe and weight, which is supposed to have been Used n« a treasure chest or ' ship's safe in Elizabethan times, has been sent from England to a auctioneering firm. . The box measures about 3ft. bv sft., and'is heavily made of thick, riveted sheets of iron. Its chief peculiarity, how oxer, is the complicated ' arid effective mechanism by which it locks., A' dummy keyhole is set in the side of the chest; this real keyhole is in the lid, cunningly hidden under a small, revolving section of iron. Beneath the' lid is 'the heavy locking mechanism, . which operates no fewer than 12 iron slots with one movement,of the key. These slots fasten under an irofi band to such good effect that, without the help of tbe key, the chest would probaly have to be blown open The chest ii? guaranteed by the British Antique Dealers' Association.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20923, 13 July 1931, Page 10
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156OLD TREASURE CHEST. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20923, 13 July 1931, Page 10
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