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Cool, Glad you saved those pics. I`ll have to add to my ebay searches apothcary naval. I can see where there was a rod that extened down thru and into the lower drawer to secure it, notice on the back of the same lower drawer where there is a ware mark from the rod it`s in line with both holes . The bottles were square! Thanks ...MC

Mission ,I`m not much of a pirate However I would like to make some suggestions in regards to recreating a surgen/medicine chest. Having had time to study the above pic I would start first by trying to determine the size of the bottle(dia.) thus would give us a clue as to the size or scale of the chest. One thing that seems ODD is it`s square shape .(Chests aren`t square) What comes to mine is the Golden Ratio 1.62-1.(greek) Observe that there is six divisions across and six deep for storing bottles, 36 divisions thus a square chest .Has the artist shortened the debth of the chest to be better proportion within the drawing? For example let us start with an assumption that the bottle was 2.5" and would fit comfortably in a 3" square division as shown.That would suggest an 18" width .Now back to that Ratio. It would suggest 9 bottles or divisions deep which now totals 27" deep. 54 divisions. Isn`t that room enough now for the surgens 24" bone saw. My thoughts on the panel, Why have a locked chest if there wasen`t a hinged panel.That panel folded up to secure the lower drawers. A dual action lock would then secure both lid and panel. I`v seen many fishing tackel boxes this way with two hinges below connecting the panel to the base of the case. And one last observation, Where are the handles! I would assume there was to be one on the front panel to open and one at the rear together for lifting and transport. Let me know your thoughts. Regards,John WWW.MACHINISTCHEST.COM