Seaman's chest

Items that were stored in these chests include clothing, tools, keepsakes, and things for entertainment, such as books or cards.

[2] Chests are mounted on two parallel wooden beams, similar to runners, which helps to prevent damage from sliding as well as insulating them from moisture on the floor of the ship.

The lid of a seaman's chest extends over the sides and is intended to be used as a seat.

This novel contains a description of the contents of a seaman's chest belonging to pirate Billy Bones.A strong smell of tobacco and tar rose from the interior, but nothing was to be seen on the top except a suit of very good clothes, carefully brushed and folded.

Under that, the miscellany began—a quadrant, a tin canikin, several sticks of tobacco, two brace of very handsome pistols, a piece of bar silver, an old Spanish watch and some other trinkets of little value and mostly of foreign make, a pair of compasses mounted with brass, and five or six curious West Indian shells.Though these belongings would have been reasonable for a former first mate and pirate such as Bones, most sailors would have only owned a few essential possessions, namely clothes and bedding.