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Spring and Summer 2020 Well everybody, 2020 certainly has been a strange year to say the least.
We here at The Pirate's Lair have been hunkered down dutifully restoring Antique Trunks and carrying on a very brisk business. And we have had a banner crop of tree ripened figs! Yes, The Pirate has tree ripened figs for all of those who can pick up your naval antiques, plus you get an additiona 5% "No Hassle to the Pirate" discount!
But please CALL FIRST before just stopping by since our local Stafford County Zoning and Business Insurance prohibits retail sales. As always military and veterans get a 5% discount as well on all of our items - so if you are a veteran/military you get a whopping 10% discount if you pick up your items, you save on shipping costs, AND you get to have some of the finest figs this side of the Middle East!
Now just to let all of you Antique Trunk afficianados know, we are currently listing the last restored trunks of the season, so if you have been waiting now is the time to find a trunk!
Winter 2019 The Pirates Lair has now shipped its 800th restored antique trunk to be re-purposed and used as a US Navy Retirement Shadow Box Display and Storage chest! All are antique restored trunks are between 120 to 150 years old! The real deal!
Click Here For Examples of our Antique Trunks Re-purposed into Military, Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy Retirement Shadow Box Ideas!
Many Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine enlisted and officers alike have purchased antique trunks from The Pirates Lair that have been restored in a fitting manner allowing for the most cost-effective means to repurpose them into a beautiful piece of furniture that would easily fit into any contemporary home environment and decor.
When opened the restored trunk displays all of the Veterans ribbons, medals, flags, coins, commendations and other articles as well as all of the covers, uniforms, boots, photo albums, and other memorabilia that a 20 or 30 year career in the military could accumulate! Trunks range in size from small, medium, large, and HUGE!
Spring 2017 Well everybody, 2016 was a banner year for The Pirates Lair and the 1st Quarter of 2017 indicates that with the Good Grace of God we will exceed what we did last year. Right now we are restoring more antique trunks for the 2017 Season.
Remember: active duty and veterans get a 5% discount on all of our items AND if you can pick the item up you get an additional 5% "No Hassle to the Pirate" discount! That's a 10% discount if you live or travel around the Washington DC area. But please CALL FIRST before just stopping by since our local Stafford County Zoning and Business Insurance prohibits retail sales.
Photo to the left is a Victorian era 1840s-1850s regulation British Royal Navy Mess Plate - Stunning and Beautiful in its detail! Click Here for British Royal Navy Messware and Rum Cups! We have added some very kewl inventory to our 100+ year old line of Antique Naval Items which would make great gifts for any sailor, and even the most discerning senior Naval officer! Click Here For 100 Year Old Antique Naval Gift Items.
Spring 2016 We are currently restoring antique trunks for the 2016 Season and will have a wide array of fully restored medium to very large flat tops, roll tops, and dome tops and currently have over 80 to choose from. Additionally, we have added many hard to find or one-of-a-kind Naval Antiques from many of the navies around the world to our collection for your review and interest, many are available for sale.
Click Here For 100 to 150 Year Old Fully Restored 19th Century Antique Steamer Trunks!
Fall 2015 We have just completed our Summer Nautical Antique Trunk Restorations in preparation for upcoming Military/Navy Retirements and the Christmas/Holiday Seasons with over 150 restored antique trunks available for immediate delivery on a first-come/first-served basis and once ordered will ship the next business day. Be advised we will not be restoring nor posting any additional restored trunks until late December 2015 or very early January 2016. Click Here For 100 to 150 Year Old Fully Restored 19th Century Antique Trunks!
Summer 2015 A prominent newspaper in Vermont, "The Charlotte News", has published an article about The Pirates Lair and this rare trunk previously owned by Henry McNeil and then by his son Lyman McNeil. Click Here to Read the Article About this Antique Trunk, Henry McNeil, and The Pirates Lair!
The Pirates Lair has been mentioned in various articles from traditional and online periodicals and newspapers as the leading retail outlet for restored antique trunks, naval dinnerware, and 18th thru 19th century naval boarding weapons!
Note: For Late Summer through Fall we have over 150 restored antique trunks available for delivery! This is the largest selection we have ever had as we spent the Spring and Summer obtaining and restoring these 100+ year old trunks getting ready for 2015 Holiday Sales! Remember, all trunks are on a first come, first served basis and once ordered will ship the next business day. Late last year we almost ran out of available trunks by the 1st week in December after shipping more than 100 in a 2 month period.
Spring 2015 The Pirates Lair has now shipped its 100th restored antique trunk to be re-purposed and used as a US Navy Retirement Shadow Box Display and Storage chest! All are trunk antiques between 100 to 150 years old.
Click Here For Examples of Antique Trunks Re-purposed into Military, Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy Retirement Shadow Box Ideas!
Many Navy, Army, Airforce and Marine enlisted and officers alike have purchased antique trunks from The Pirates Lair that have been restored in a fitting manner allowing for the most cost-effective means to repurpose them into a beautiful piece of furniture that would easily fit into any contemporary home environment and decor.
When opened the restored trunk displays all of the Veterans ribbons, medals, flags, coins, commendations and other articles as well as all of the covers, uniforms, boots, photo albums, and other memorabilia that a 20 or 30 year career in the military could accumulate! Trunks range in size from small, medium, large, and HUGE!
Winter 2014 The Pirates Lair now has the Western World's Largest Collection of Mid-Late 20th Century (1950s-1980s) Peoples Republic of China (PRC), Peoples Liberation Army and Navy (PLAN or PLA-N) Authentic Enamelware Cups and Plates used by Chinese sailors stationed aboard ship, shore, and aircraft!
These cups and plates were used Aboard Communist Chinese Navy Surface Ships, Submarines, Naval Aviation and Naval Bases in the North China Sea Fleet, East China Sea Fleet and South China Sea Fleets! Perhaps some of you "China Sailors" sailing on Westpac cruises or stationed out of Japan and the Philippines actually crossed bows or were overflown by some of these chinese planes and ships while on patrol! A must-see for naval historians and naval veterans of the Vietnam and Cold War era's! These are the most unique pieces of naval dinnerware we have had the great opportunity to aquire and make available!
To the left is just one example of our many cups and plates in our collection and this particular cup was used by an Exploration and Reconnaissance Unit (spy ship!) that was attached to the PRC-PLAN East China Sea Fleet, backstamped and dated May 1969, with the 034 as Ship's Pennant or Hull No.
Click Here For Availability of PRC PLAN Cups and Plates!
Summer 2013 The Pirates Lair is now the Worlds Largest Supplier of 100-150 Year Old Authentic Restored Antique Trunks For Sale, also sometimes known as Steamer Trunks. This summer we have sold over 300 Restored Antique Trunks and our customer range from Madison Avenue Advertising Companies putting together special ad campaigns which require real Antique Pirate Chests and Treasure Chests, 19th Century Room and Home Decorators and Designers looking for those special Steamer Trunks.
And most importantly men and women in our armed forces who are looking to get special Military Retirement Gifts and Navy Retirement Gift Ideas that re-purposed our Restored Antique Trunks as a Military Shadowbox or Navy Shadowbox ideas where they could safely display their medals, ribbons, flags and then store their uniforms, photograph albums, and years of memories.
Click Here For Available Ready To Ship Fully Restored Antique Trunks
Spring 2013 The Pirates Lair can now be found on Facebook where we provided product updates and offerings such as Antique Trunks For Sale, Military and Navy Retirement Gift Ideas by Clicking Here For The Pirates Lair on Facebook!
Winter 2012 The Pirates Lair can now be found on Twitter @VirginiaPirate where we update our followers to the latest product offerings. However we also created a special Twitter Web Page which displays in chronological order the entire record of tweets which includes the latest restored antique trunks, just listed Naval Antique item announcements, and historical informative information. Click Here For The Pirates Lair Twitter Feed
Summer 2012 The Pirates Lair has now reached a number of major milestones in its collection of antique naval dinnerware and edged weapons for sea service. We now have the largest and totally complete collection of 19th and 20th Century British Royal Navy Rum and Grog Equipment used to store and dispense the daily grog, a time honored 400 year old tradition suspended in 1970.
We have also aquired the complete regulation mid/late 18th and 19th Century British Royal Navy and American Navy cutlasses and boarding pikes. Also British and French Boarding Axes from the mid 18th to late 19th century.
Navy China Featured In House and Garden: The Pirate's Lair with its U.S. Navy Nautical Themed China with Fouled Anchor has been featured along with credits in the January New Year's issue of"House and Garden" magazine.
This nautical old navy china as provided by The Pirate's Lair appeared as part of the photo shoot of Chloe Sevigny's posh East Village townhome entitled, Reinventing Downtown: The big news about "Big Love" star (and Downtown Manhattan diva) Chloe Sevigny's beautiful new East Village home!
The photo to the left was taken in Sevigny's dining room which featured the vintage WWII US Navy China Dinnerware now sought after for its rich history, proven durability, and sheer elegance.
Worldwide Authority and Largest Source of Antique US Naval Chinaware and Elegant Vintage USN Navy Silverware with a Distinctive Nautical Theme and Nautical Decor along with Restaurantware, Flatware, Silver Plate, Nautical Tableware, and Nautical Gifts from late 1800's to mid 1900's all used by the U.S. Navy. These authentic Naval and Maritime items make perfect "Welcome Home Military Gifts" to our returning Iraqi and Afghanistan Vets!
The Pirate's Lair is also a purveyor of fine damask Old Navy Linen Tablecloths, USN Navy Linen Napkins and other Nautical Table Linens and Gift Ideas for Men and Nautical Gift Ideas for Women. Appropriate for Military and Navy Enlisted Chief Petty Officer and Officer Retirement and Promotion Gifts, such as WW2 Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Coffee Tables and Antique Maritime "Captain's Cabin Sea Chests" refinished to store your hanging file folders and important papers normally found in a Sailor's Seabag! Or they would make the perfect "nautical" china chest and silverware chest to store your U.S. Navy Nautical Tableware and Dinnerware!
Call The Pirate's Lair @ 540-659-6209
| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small and Medium Size |
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Pirate's Springtime Nautical Wedding Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Pirate's Winter and Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - USN & Fouled Anchor - Clip on Belt Loop or Handbag Strap. |
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Pirate's Father's Day Nautical Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
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| WW2 Navy Silverplate - Rare Naval Trenchart - Small Size |
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Pirate's Springtime Nautical Gift Special! |
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Click Here for Vintage U.S. Navy China, Chinaware, Dinnerware and Tableware
Click Here For Antique U.S. Navy Silverware, Flatware, and Silver Plate engraved with a U.S. Navy Fouled Anchor in a unique and distinctive nautical dinnerware pattern in a subtle and elegant manner!
Durable, commercial-grade vintage U.S. Navy silverware shown in the silver plate intricate King's Pattern with ENGRAVED FOULED ANCHOR DESIGN complete "soup to nuts" place settings for both informal and formal dining with a distinctive Nautical theme!
Click here for Authentic U.S. Navy Damask Vintage Table Linens, Tablecloths, Dinner Napkins, Cocktail Napkins, and Nautical Linens used by our sailors. USN Navy tablecloths come in varying sizes from 48" to a full banquet size 132" x 80".
Note the beautifully detailed white-on-white nautical pattern of stars and intertwined twisted nautical rope in long columns going the length of this 132" banquet size damask linen tablecloth. Navy linen has repeated patterns of the U.S. Navy Seal, Fouled Anchors, twisted/entwined Naval Rope, Stars and Eagles! A stunning formal dining-in is presented using authentic U.S. Navy China and Silverware in the sought after Kings Pattern.
The authentic nautical gifts of U.S. Old Navy-issued silver plate gravy boats, cruet for the oil/vinegar salt/pepper and Naval ice bucket are clearly seen and can also all be purchased at The Pirate's Lair.
All Navy Table Linens are in stock and can be purchased Online. These beautiful WW2-era U.S. Navy Linen Tablecloths, Dinner Napkins and Cocktail Napkins will come to you professionally cleaned. Imagine having this same stunningly beautiful authentic nautical tableware actually used on U.S. Navy warships on your own dining room table!
Click Here for authentic antique Nautical Home Furnishings, Nautical Furniture, and Gifts with a Nautical Decor such as real "Treasure Chests and Captain's Cabin Sea Chests", vintage U.S. Merchant Marine Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Coffee Tables, Nautical Desks, and other Naval Memorabilia with a Nautical Theme - Available and For Sale!
Click Here For The Pirate's Favorite Nautical Links, Navy Information, Naval History, and other great Nautical Furniture Gift Ideas. WW2 Liberty Ship Wooden Hatch Cover Desks and Tables are also Available!
| Note the Flatop and Two Monitor or Waterfall Trunks, Each Being Individually Unique at the Very Time of Production. |
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We all romanticize about the mystique of these antique trunks. The possible owners and travels that each steamer trunk has taken, along with the high level of detailed craftsmanship in the original production of each and every steamer trunk with that individualized character giving both intrinsic and non-intrinsic value. |
It was a common practice that loyal and productive craftsmen would be allowed to bring their children to work with them to learn a craft, so many of the children in this photograph were more than likely sons of the men shown. |
Copy of Photo On Request With Every Trunk Purchase |
| Custom Designed, Handcrafted, and Hand Lettered in Caligraphy on your Antique Chest |
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| Customer Photographic Examples of our Antique Trunks Being used as a Military or Naval Retirement Shadow Box and Storage Chest!! |
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