Swedish Emmigrant Chest

This trunk is from the 1830-1870 era.  It measures, 29" long, 16 1/2 " wide, 17 1/2 " high and 12 2/4" deep on the inside.  It is made of Norway Pine in the 6 board construction style.  All the hardware is hand forged and the wood is dove tailed and has wooden pegs on the top.  In the one photo where the inside shows, it appears that the back is made of 2 boards but I checked again and there is only 1 board.  The bottom is made of 2 boards with a thin strip of wood sealing the space.  The wider board had cracked and split at an angle at some point in it's history. This trunk is called an emmigrant chest.  It has a tag on the back in Swedish and the name A. Anderssen.   Someone had made some changes to it.  It was varnished and the footboard has modern molding added.  Also the hinges while are still old, they have been changed.  When my husband brought this chest home, I was so excited that I had to go read my books, THE EMIGRANTS, UNTO A GOOD LAND, A TIME ON EARTH AND LAST LETTER HOME by Vilhelm Moberg.  This is a series about a Swedish family following them before they left the home land thru their lives in America.  PBS had turned these books into a movie series.