Re: Czech (?) hope chest

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Seymour, Janet I - WHS (Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org)
Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:48:18 +0000



From: "Seymour, Janet I - WHS" <Janet.Seymour@wisconsinhistory.org>
Subject: FW: Czech (?) hope chest
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 17:48:18 +0000
Message-ID: <1422640098880.78820@wisconsinhistory.org>

Ann is seeking information about this this chest - please respond to the li st or directly to her at Ann Waidelich <annwaid@sbcglobal.net<mailto:annwai d@sbcglobal.net>>

The Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society has been given the hope chest pictured below. The donor says it was bought near Ashland about 10 years ago but may not have originated there.

Does anyone recognize the name ? Can anyone verify that the decoration is Czech ?

We don't have a historic Czech population in our area - is there another society that would like this chest ? It is 4' long, 2' deep and 2' tall with hand wrought hinges and square-headed nails. The back is not painted but all other sides are painted similar to the front. Very beautiful and in good condition.

Ann Waidelich, curator

[cid:[cid:CFEFA651-8537-4B7C-8C55-1819B2BD6F30@local] On Jan 21, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Seymour, Janet I wrote:

Hi Ann,

Do you have a smaller sized file of this photograph? At 5 MB, it will not g o through to many of the list serve emails - let me know - Janet

From: Ann Waidelich [mailto:annwaid@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:28 AM To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu<mailto:localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu> Subject: Czech (?) hope chest

The Historic Blooming Grove Historical Society has been given the hope chest pictured below. The donor says it was bought near Ashland about 10 years ago but may not have originated there.

Does anyone recognize the name ? Can anyone verify that the decoration is Czech ?

We don't have a historic Czech population in our area - is there another society that would like this chest ? It is 4' long, 2' deep and 2' tall with hand wrought hinges and square-headed nails. The back is not painted but all other sides are painted similar to the front. Very beautiful and in good condition.

Ann Waidelich, curator
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