I've had this cedar chest since the early 1970's, I beleive it was given to my wife by her family, althought, I'm not sure if this is accurate, it has been a long time.
The manufacture is Caswell-Runyan of Huntington Indiana, I think it is made from Oak and 3/4" Tennesse Cedar, and has a glass top cover.
This is a hardwood carving I inherited from my parents. I do not know anything more about it, but would like to know where it is from; How old it is; The type of wood; Value? There are some small cracks that seem to contain a filler, probably applied at the time of its creation, but the piece is solid.
The set is not complete, but is 54 pieces. My grandmother said at one time, her mom's set was complete. The missing pieces were broken, or damaged when they moved. This set contains: 1 16" long oval platter, it has #28, and an additional mark: 513/ IV-in Roman numeral style, for 1, and 5.
another long oval server, measures 14", with #28 marked on it. The tureen-gravy boat, is molded onto the base plate, is marked #28
8 large plates,( 1, is#1-2 are #2-and 5 are marked #28
Salad plates:3 of them are#28, and 5 of them are marked#5
Saucers: 1 has a faint mark on the bottom, cannot tell what number is on it, not even magnified X 5. 4 of them are marked #19- 1 is marked #5, and 1 is marked #2
Small flat Fruit/bread plates: #28, 2 #19,3 of them with this mark 1 is #67 1 is #16, and 1 of them has a number, but again, it is too hard to read it
Small soup/fingerbowls?: 5 are marked #19 5 are marked #3 and one is missing the number
Teacups(regular size) 2 are #2 1 is #3 1 is #5 1 is #19 and one is marked with a number that cannot be read
There are no knife, fork or spoon marks on most of these.They look like they weren't used very much.
There are only 2 of them that are damaged: the long oval server(not the large server) has a chip underneath, on the base rim, where it rests on table. It is about the size of 3-4 cm
